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One of the most difficult things about a drought is that we don’t know when it will end. Our stormy December was followed by a bone-dry January. We’ve had some rain in February, but no one knows what the rest of the winter will bring.

We have much for which to be thankful. Indeed we do!

Close your eyes and picture this: A warm and cozy ... no, wait a minute. You'd better open your eyes or you won't be able to read the rest of your newspaper. Or worse, you might drift off to sleep and land face first in your cereal bowl, and then you'll be cranky and out-of-sorts the rest of the day.

I owe a note of thanks to the Republicans of Morgan Hill. Santa Clara County was the only one of the four counties of the 11th Congressional District where I defeated Pombo in last June's primary election.

You'll be pleased to know that today as a public service I am revealing some sure-fire wedding coordinating tips I have recently acquired via the successful marriage of our last-born daughter. By "successful" I am referring to a ceremony that neither offends nor disgraces either family%to the point that relatives go to blows on the dance floor and that none of the wedding party's clothing falls off, catches fire, nor is featured on next month's cover of "Motorcycle Digest: The Hell's Angels Edition." Starting in no particular order, I will nevertheless begin with a stern:

On Saturday, April 29, the city held its "capstone" event concluding the input portion of the Community Conversation – the year-long project to determine what Morgan Hill residents want to keep, change or are willing to do without – along with how these things should be paid for.

Our City Council's alarm with LAFCO's response to a city project

You had better be sitting down for this. The other day I heard on the radio that some new study (conducted for God only knows what reason except to drive mothers crazy all over America) showed that there are more germs on the steering wheel of your car than on the seat of a public toilet!