Where
’s Noah? I’m calling about weather forecast on page A2 under
rainfall. The rainfall season actually begins on July 1. It runs
July 1 of one year through June 30 of the next year.
Where’s Noah?
I’m calling about weather forecast on page A2 under rainfall. The rainfall season actually begins on July 1. It runs July 1 of one year through June 30 of the next year. You correctly say the rainfall for last week was zero, but the season to date is also zero; we haven’t had 23.36 inches of rain since July 1. You might want to find out who is doing these weather rain forecasts they’ve been inaccurate for many years in the Morgan Hill Times; someone doesn’t understand what’s going on.
Thanks for giving us the head’s up. Red Phone’s happy to report the editor’s made changes and discussed the problem with our staff. Did we get it right? Call Editor Marcus Hibdon at 779-4106 if we didn’t.
Send me a sign!
I have a question as to neighborhood signs. I’m talking specifically East Central Avenue and Grand Prix Way. There are kids there and the speed limit is 25 miles per hour, but people do go faster as they do in most neighborhoods. I’m sure our problem is not exclusive. Can one put up signs, with help of the city or a city agency, that say kids at play, be careful ,that type of thing? Or can we get another speed sign posted? How about speed bumps? They are being done downtown, can they be in neighborhoods? These are general questions I have about what can be done to slow down speeders. Can we have signs that say slow down, watch your speed, that type of thing?
Jim Ashcraft, director of public works for the city, said the city must approve any signs that go up on public streets. Morgan Hill has a ten-step procedure for all traffic issues, including signs and speed bumps: www.morgan-hill.ca.gov/html/gov/pw/traffic.asp. Click on the traffic calming study link. Or from www.morgan-hill.ca.gov/html/gov/dept/pubwk.asp, click on the citizen inquiry/feedback form and select traffic. Ashcraft said the city discourages children at play signs for anywhere except near parks because he doesn’t want children playing in the street. Of course, if speeders are an issue on a street, call the Morgan Hill Police Department at 779-2101 or the traffic hotline at 776-0460. Public works can be reached at 776-7337.
Check’s in the mail
I remember when you voted on lottery originally many, many years ago. The schools would get all these millions of dollars and never have problems again with their money. Well it seems never happened. I’ve asked multiple people in the school where money for lottery goes to but none of them ever have an answer.
The California Lottery raises millions of dollars that is donated to education. Unfortunately, the money has to be distributed across the entire state. According to the lottery web site, 34 cents of every dollar is spent on education. In Morgan Hill, that translates to $102 per student. So while in 2003, the lottery donated $1 billion, when distributed across the state, each student received $125, which according to the Web site only accounted for 2 percent of all funding in the state. For a further break down in where the money goes, visit www.calottery.com
It all comes
down to money
Why does PG&E run ads when they are almost bankrupt and they have monopoly in Morgan Hill, at least?
Good question, Red Phone called up PG&E spokesman Jeff Smith and asked why the big, bad power company is buying ads instead of saving all their nickels and dimes.
He said that as a publicly traded Fortune 500 Company, PG&E needs to maintain its image through advertising and also inform customers about the company and its endeavors. One of the ads the company is running right now informs residents of PG&E’s 20/20 program where people can save 20 percent on their power bills if they cut their energy usage by 20 percent over the summer months. What ‘s bad about that? Nothing says Red Phone, unless you’re a PG&E stockholder.
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