A sweet little young female poodle was rescued last week in the
Hacienda Senior Citizen Mobile Home Park next to (Ann) Sobrato High
School. She had been running around here for a week but we could
not catch her. She was tired, dirty, cold, wet and hungry. She was
finally spotted on someone’s porch trying to get out of the rain. I
called Animal Control (Danny) who was able to capture her and then
quickly calm her down. He took her to the vet (Dr. John Quick)
where she checked out as healthy. They think she is about 2 years
old and can’t be more than six or seven pounds.
Found dog needs a good home
Dear Editor,
A sweet little young female poodle was rescued last week in the Hacienda Senior Citizen Mobile Home Park next to (Ann) Sobrato High School. She had been running around here for a week but we could not catch her. She was tired, dirty, cold, wet and hungry. She was finally spotted on someone’s porch trying to get out of the rain. I called Animal Control (Danny) who was able to capture her and then quickly calm her down. He took her to the vet (Dr. John Quick) where she checked out as healthy. They think she is about 2 years old and can’t be more than six or seven pounds. Animal Control then took her to San Martin Animal Shelter on Jan. 23. The shelter is taking excellent care of her, but she desperately needs to be washed and groomed. I have visited her at the shelter a couple times trying to get a picture of her. She never barks when I arrive and loves to be held.
I am on a mission to find her a good home. If you could or know of someone who could adopt this abandoned doggie, please contact the San Martin Animal Shelter on Murphy Road (408) 686-3900. They have named her “Desiree” and her No. is A028799.
Nancy Ackerman, Morgan Hill
Saving the state from bankruptcy
Dear Editor,
We all should know by now the serious and unprecedented financial condition our beautiful state finds itself in. How about this as a way for state and local governments to save an enormous amount of taxpayer’s money? Begin printing all state and local government forms, regulations, voting ballots, etc., in one language only: English.
In the early ’80s, the people of California voted to make English its official state language. Why not comply with this mandate?
It is estimated that the Canadian government costs approximately 23 percent more to operate because everything is printed in two languages (French and English). Without state’s lefties approach to rescue the world, we are now seeing government forms printed in six, seven and eight different languages. Where and when will it end? We can no longer afford this luxury, and taxing people to death is not the answer to balancing the budget. Over-taxation and over-regulation ran much business and industry out of the state – businesses that employed people, paid taxes and provided much needed goods and services.
I see at least four important benefits to following the will of the people. 1) It will have an enormous impact in reducing the cost of state and local government; 2) It will encourage those already here to learn our common language of English and help them assimilate more into American culture; 3) It will discourage people from sneaking into the country who are less interested in freedom and more interested in a free ride; and 4) Implementing English as the state’s official language is vital to preserving our democracy, the unity of our society and our way of life in America.
Lest you think I am nothing more than a redneck bigot, I assure you I am not. I was fortunate to grow up with English as my first language and am still learning it. I am also learning Spanish so I can communicate better with my students, but I don’t expect the taxpayers to pay for my lessons. Some day I hope to travel extensively through Mexico (forget Mexico for now, it’s too dangerous), Central and South America. I may even want to teach there someday, so obviously I need to become fluent in Spanish.
Bottom line is that if someone is too lazy to learn the language of the country they have emigrated to, then many of us don’t want them coming to our beautiful state. We already have too many lazy natural born citizens, we don’t need to import more.
Jim Becker, San Martin
Fundamentalism: A present danger
Dear editor,
Nothing today is a bigger threat to humanity than fundamentalism. There is no better example than the King Hussein commentary in Friday’s paper. These self proclaimed pro-lifers are the very same pro-war and pro-gun advocates that push their fundamental agenda with violence. These groups with a Bible or Koran in one hand and a gun in the other cause more suffering in the world than any dictator in their wildest dreams is capable of doing.
It was the combined effort of these two fundamentalist groups that in eight years caused so much pain and suffering in the world, that hasn’t been seen since the Crusades. “Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it,” best describes the Bush Administration’s (Christians) war on terror (Muslims) and shows what happens when fundamentalists obtain the power to wage war. The fact that more people in the world rejoiced the end of the Bush presidency than the end of Saddam’s regime should make the 28 percent that approved of Bush’s job performance wonder if maybe they should rethink their position?
Oscar Estrada, Morgan Hill
