I was contemplating our community and how it has changed. Was it
for the better or the worse?
Editor,
I was contemplating our community and how it has changed. Was it for the better or the worse?
We have lost our craft/hobby shop, bookstore, stationary/art store, shoe repairers and our vacuum cleaner repair store. We no longer have a catalog store, a bowling alley, a roller-skating rink (in San Juan Bautista), a downtown motorcycle rally, midget car racing at Bolado Park, a free summer concert series on the top of our parking garage or our only public swimming pool at Bolado Park.
We have, however, gained more crime more congestion on our roads and highways, more houses and four more huge developments on the horizon for more of the same.
We are told that our jail is too small so we must find funding to build a bigger one along with a new sheriff’s office and courts, yet we can’t seem to open the Emmaus House for battered and abused families or a new county library for the benefit of the whole community.
At this season of giving, let’s see how we can all give in time and in kindness, in funding and community spirit, to make our community a better place in the coming years. It’s still a great place to live. Let’s bring back some of the things that made it so special so we can shop locally and enjoy what this community can offer.
Ruth Erickson, Hollister
