Cheers to law enforcement personnel for making the largest
methamphetamine bust in U.S. history and taking more than 650
pounds of the highly addictive drug off the street.
Cheers to law enforcement personnel for making the largest methamphetamine bust in U.S. history and taking more than 650 pounds of the highly addictive drug off the street. The worth of the seizure was estimated at $200 million. Though authorities believe the Aug. 19 raid in east Gilroy – in which three mid-level players – cut off one of the country’s primary methamphetamine manufacturing and distribution hubs, “another one will open up,” Sacramento Sheriff Detective Sal Robles told reporter Sara Suddes.
“This cartel will regroup,” Robles said. “We don’t know where though. We just keep doing what we’re doing.” And that’s the sad part. Despite cutting off a major distribution hub, the fact is dangerous and highly-addictive drugs continue to plague most U.S. cities, including Morgan Hill.
Jeers to Santa Clara Valley Water District board members for even considering giving themselves a raise in this economy. A 5 percent increase for each meeting or “day’s service,” would be $286.03 if approved. The pay update would cost the district $10,920 for the 2010-11 fiscal year, from Jan. 1 through June 30. To their credit, they declined a raise last year, but the board is scheduled to vote on any increase this year following a public hearing set for 10 a.m. Oct. 12 at 5700 Almaden Expressway, San Jose. Send them a message at www.valleywater.org.
Cheers to high school sophomores for increasing the number of students who passed the California High School Exit Exam. Ann Sobrato High School’s 400 students fared better on the math section with an 88 percent passing rate and on the English language arts portion with 92 percent passing the test. At Live Oak, the scores of its 332 sophomores weren’t as outstanding, but were up from last year: 84 percent on math and 85 percent on English.
“We got to give a hand to all of our students who passed that test,” school board Trustee Julia Hover-Smoot said. And, what’s even better is students who speak English as a second language made a 16 percentage point leap from 41 percent passing to 58 percent in English and jumped 11 percentage points from 46 percent to 57 percent in math.
Now let’s keep the ball rolling.
Jeers to the community for not showing up to the public workshops to solicit input on what kind of characteristics residents want in a police department leader. Two meetings drew a combined total of 18 people. The hiring of a new police chief is perhaps the most important decisions City Manager Ed Tewes will make, and the lack of input is disheartening. But, there is still time. Anyone who wishes to conduct more police chief recruitment workshops with the city manager or wants to offer their ideas of what kind of chief the city should appoint can contact Tewes by e-mail at
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Cheers to now-retired Police Chief Bruce Cumming for his more than four decades of service in law enforcement, including the last six in Morgan Hill. A common theme brought up by those who worked for him when talking about their former boss was one of respect – how he treated people with respect and how he earned it from his staff and the community. Forced to deal with the deteriorating economy, Cumming was forced to cut about $1 million from the department’s $11 million budget. Such cuts require a reassessment of priorities, but his officer say Cumming had his priorities straight and had their interests in mind.
Congratulations on a great career Chief Cumming, and enjoy retirement.
