Cheers to those collecting gently used prom dresses, bridesmaids
dresses, shoes, accessories, purses, and jewelry to help senior
girls who might not be able to afford it to make their prom
special.
Cheers to those collecting gently used prom dresses, bridesmaids dresses, shoes, accessories, purses, and jewelry to help senior girls who might not be able to afford it to make their prom special.
Those interested in donating can drop off items at Eternal Treasures book store, 433 Vineyard Town Center or at Make it Mine, 101 W. Main Ave. Deadline to donate is April 10, so dig through the garage, attic or storage unit and put those items to good use and make the prom special for those who can’t afford to do so. Call Bree Kuyat at 309-1675.
Jeers to the Santa Clara Valley Water District for sending out a four-page letter to 5,500 well owners that obfuscates the real reason behind the correspondence.
The letter is the result of a Superior Court judge’s decision in November that said the district was illegally collecting groundwater fees, a violation of Proposition 218. That proposition mandates that the district sends out notices outlining the process to protest. A majority vote would mean groundwater charges will be void for the fiscal year. In the second paragraph of the letter is the district’s declaration of a no-rate increase to groundwater fees for the third consecutive year. Throughout the letter are several mentions of its no-rate increase, highlighted in bold-face type on each page. Yet there is no mention of Proposition 218 that initiated this protest process or any implication of the fact that well owners would not have to pay fees if a majority of well owners protest.
Cheers to Morgan Hill police for looking for creative ways to fund two vital programs. Facing budget cuts and possible layoffs, the department will submit an application to the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs to fund the operation of the Gang Resistance Education and Training program. The department has benefited from that grant the past two years, providing the life-skills class to elementary and middle school students in the Morgan Hill Unified School District.
And police have already reapplied for a two-year grant through the DOJ Office of Violence Against Women, to continue programs that have improved the city’s ability to prosecute domestic violence crimes, and improved victims’ access to assistance. Both programs have proven successful in the past and are critical to fighting crime.
Jeers to those complaining about California Highway Patrol officers waiting 30 minutes to humanely euthanize an injured horse. The horse was struck by a transit bus and severely injured. Not wanting to risk injury to residents, officers immediately called animal control officers who gave the injured animal a lethal injection to put it out of its misery.
“Anytime we dispatch an animal, there is always the danger that the bullet may ricochet and hit an unintended target,” CHP officer Jaime Rios said. “We take these precautions for the safety of the public and since the horse did not pose an immediate danger to the public or the officers, they did not feel it necessary or safe to dispatch the horse at the scene.” We can just imagine the outcry had officers humanely shot the injured horse and damaged property or injured a nearby resident with a bullet that ricocheted.
