Paying For The Privilege of Living in a Nice Place
In this year's elections, we will be asked to approve bond issues, parcel taxes, new taxes or tax increases to pay for our schools, our transportation and likely for our city services.
Caffeine’s Confirmed Benefits Are Out
Don't you love the way you're blissfully drifting along, minding your own business, when suddenly an important new study says you're about to die because you've eaten movie popcorn, inhaled second-hand cigarette smoke or ingested mother's milk? Well, technically the mother's milk is probably not applicable since the last time you ingested mother's milk you were probably too young to be reading studies. But you get my point.
Closed Saratoga Horticultural Research Foundation Is Irreplaceable
Am I the only person who misses the Saratoga Horticultural Research Foundation? I'm not even sure what happened to my favorite source for quirky plants and expert advice, but I wish they were still around.
When You Walk Out That Door You Represent Your Family
I had a good chuckle the other morning reading venerable Gilroy resident Bill Filice chastise the Dispatch's frequent flamer Alan Viarengo. It wasn't that I was glad he was taking Mr. Viarengo to task for things he's said in the past, and it wasn't the nice things he said about Mr. Viarengo's family (although they were nice).
