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April 22, 2009 is Earth Day. It is almost 40 years since the

There is definitely too much pressure on people to make meaningful New Year's resolutions these days. And it's always the same old stuff – massive, life-altering pledges guaranteed to consume your last drop of self-control: lose weight, spend less, save more, organize your home, stop (fill in the blank) drinking, smoking, driving in the carpool lane with an inflatable doll named "Greta."

Who doesn't want sex offenders tracked and kept away from children? As the only provider of services for victims of sexual assault in South Santa Clara and San Benito counties, Community Solutions is committed to our community's safety and victims' rights. However, as such, we recognize that Proposition 83, dubbed Jessica's Law, will not be conducive to protecting our community from sexual predators.

As mayor of Morgan Hill one of the most enjoyable aspects of my

Fifty years ago, the film "12 Angry Men" had its premiere. Based on a play originally performed on television, "12 Angry Men" had an all-star cast. Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, E. G. Marshall, Ed Begley, Jack Klugman, Jack Warden and Martin Balsam, among others. The film is about the 12 men, jury members deciding the fate of a young man from the tenements of New York accused of murdering his father.

Homelessness is a shameful problem in a rich country like ours.

The success of every civilization is the importance it places on literacy, culture and the arts. In Morgan Hill, one of the important commissions is the Library, Culture and Arts Commission. What is the purpose of this commission and how can it help you? The commission interacts with the Morgan Hill City Library, Santa Clara County Library and serves to advise the Morgan Hill City Council on matters pertaining to the library, culture and arts in Morgan Hill. We can best accomplish this by understanding how the city can best serve your interests.

Is it just me? It seems that whenever I turn to the news on TV or the radio these days, the world outlook simply gets bleaker by the minute. Could we – pleeeeeze – have just one 24-hour stretch of good news for a change? I was driving in major traffic recently, and before the news report was over I was "this close" to taking my purse and beating my radio senseless with it.