Letters

Rather than supporting community workshops to discuss service priorities and how many and more or less dollars will be needed to support future city services and staff, this paper’s news article on budget deficits and tax increases focused on the city’s position that revenues...

With Morgan Hill staring down the barrel of a $4 million budget deficit, residents deserve straight answers—especially when it comes to how our public funds are being spent. It’s troubling that just last year, Mayor Mark Turner and a narrow city council majority approved a...

I'm writing because I want to pay tribute to the restaurant owner at Ladera Grill in Morgan Hill, Dan McCranie. Starting on Veteran's Day a few years ago, he had offered to all veterans a free lunch—and yes, anything on the menu. I was told...

Open letter to Hon. Sean Duffy, U.S. Secretary of Transportation: Re: USDOT F.R.A.'s Notice of Proposed Determination 6-4-2025 In my opinion, the reason for the failure of the CAHSRA’s high speed rail proposal is its reliance on the public sector model of transport funding as seen...

Morgan Hill Kiwanis has worked tirelessly during the past 73 years to support the children of our community through scholarships and a wide variety of youth programs.  Kiwanis is an international service organization, and our local club has a long and deeply rooted history in...

Once again, an anonymous “we” tells us that “they” want to be “respectful of everyone's time—yours, the council's and the staff’s” by combining council meetings to one per month for April and May. I don’t know if council members agreed or if this was decided...

Several years ago, California schools changed their middle school curriculum to a single option for math at each grade. This approach was founded on research which suggested providing all students with the same foundational instruction and eliminating early math placement would help narrow achievement...

I am writing to express my frustration with the frequent cancellations of Morgan Hill City Council meetings due to a purported lack of council business.  This is deeply concerning, especially given the numerous pressing challenges our city currently faces, including an escalating budget deficit that...

In recent weeks, troubling incidents have unfolded in Morgan Hill, leaving most of us deeply concerned.  On March 7, multiple members of the Muslim community were subjected to hate-driven acts outside the Morgan Hill community center as they left a prayer service. While I was...

My name is Mikayla McCoy and I am a 13-year-old resident of Morgan Hill. It has come to my attention that a bike lane for Sunnyside Avenue has been in the planning for a long period of time.  I live right off of Sunnyside; all...