Guest View

I whole-heartedly agree with Lisa Pampuch's May 2 column on the Redevelopment Agency in which she responded to a column written by Morgan Hill City Councilman Greg Seller.

This may sound a bit trite and un-American at election time, but where in the world is Dan Rather when we need him? Grand marshaling the culmination of campaign races across the country, Rather was the embodiment of election night returns. We voters did our thing, visiting polling places or mailing in absentee ballots because if "you don't vote, you don't get to whine," but – love him or loathe him – the real question was:" What time does Dan hit the airwaves?" For me, Dan Rather was the Dick Clark of Election Night.

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

Future Farmers of America members from the Morgan Hill FFA

The rain shouldn't fool us. It's spring; proms are upon us; graduation is coming very soon; and the carefree days of summer are just around the corner. Last year's debacle in Monterey for some Live Oak students should be very much on our minds as we see our teens head out for some of the most memorable evenings of their lives.

Americans are defined by what we do. We say a lot, but that does

Veterans Day is Nov. 11. However, on Nov. 10, the United States Marine Corps celebrated its 232nd birthday, and since I served as a Marine machine gunner in the Korean War, and became a Marine Corps staff sergeant, and later authored the book, "We Claim the Title, Korean War Marines," please let me present my research from the Internet regarding praising the services. 

On Feb. 14 - Valentine's Day - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed me to the nine-member California Transportation Commission, a four-year term of part-time citizen service that began on March 1. Appropriately, I view this as a labor of love.