Letters

I believe candidates for public office owe their communities something very basic: accurate information. That is why I was troubled reading Marilyn Librers’ recent candidate statement (Morgan Hill Times, Sept. 25), particularly the assertions about Morgan Hill’s history and her own experience. Librers writes that when...

The Joe Heller cartoon of Sept. 18 (Opinion page) portrays an AI robot angered by dire warnings of disaster followed by a robotic smile when congress smiles regulation. Apparently the robot recalls how the same warnings were used to scare people with nuclear annihilation...

I’m addressing this “pet peeve” — pun intended — to all dog owners in Morgan Hill who somehow believe it’s perfectly acceptable to let their dogs poop on public sidewalks, where the rest of us have to dodge their deposits. Almost equally frustrating are dog...

Fact-checking Hollister Free Lance; fact-checking Gilroy Dispatch; fact-checking Morgan Hill Times? About those articles that you published about transit having a “balanced budget,” so claimed by the Gilroy City Councilman/VTA Public Sector Transit Advocate. Are you going to let them make such false statements?  Moreover, make...

No one wants a data center in their backyard. Data centers consume a massive amount of electricity and water, they are loud, and, if you would absolutely never buy a home situated under high-power lines, you would just love living next to a data...

This week (Free Lance, Sept. 4 edition) Joe Heller’s opinion page cartoon seems vacant as it depicts a multi-labeled coat simply identified as “Dolly” hung on a hollow space. However that emptiness immediately filled with visions of radiant smiles, pompadour blonde hair rhythmically motioned...

Open letter to Mayor Mark Turner and Members of the City Council: I am writing as a resident of Morgan Hill to formally request that the City Council place an item on the agenda for the next regular open public meeting to discuss and vote...

The ongoing debate surrounding mountain lion population is driven by a massive shift in the language used to describe the issue. If we look back to the March 13, 2004 edition of Morgan Hill Times, Fish and Wildlife Lt. Dave Fox explicitly stated that mountain...

I am pleased that residents are challenging the behavior of Morgan Hill City Council. The Council needs to assert its independence and understand that the California Open Meeting (aka Brown) Act consists of guidelines and minimums rather than absolutes and maximums.  The Brown Act allows—in...

Sometimes the most meaningful stories begin with a simple conversation and a belief that something greater is possible. Seven months ago, I had a vision: to bring California’s community college presidents together at Santa Clara University with a shared purpose, to celebrate educational opportunity, strengthen...