The wealthy have won the class war
Dear Editor,
Class war? Surely you jest. One percent of Americans control
more of the nation’s wealth than 90 percent of Americans. Corporate
profits are at a record high. U.S. unemployment is 10.2 percent.
More than 15 percent of Americans live in poverty.
That war has ended and the wealthy have won. Time to go on to
fresh news, the World Series and the football season.
Frank Crosby,
Morgan Hill
The wealthy have won the class war
Dear Editor,
Class war? Surely you jest. One percent of Americans control more of the nation’s wealth than 90 percent of Americans. Corporate profits are at a record high. U.S. unemployment is 10.2 percent. More than 15 percent of Americans live in poverty.
That war has ended and the wealthy have won. Time to go on to fresh news, the World Series and the football season.
Frank Crosby,
Morgan Hill
Volunteers helped clean up downtown
Dear Editor,
On behalf of the board of directors of the Hollister Downtown Association, I would like to extend my sincere gratitude and appreciation to the sponsors and volunteers who helped make our annual Downtown Fall Clean-up effort possible.
Event sponsors included Recology, who donated the use of garbage toters and Santa Barbara Bank & Trust who donated bottles of water for our volunteers.
We had the time and talents of 105 volunteers, who logged in an average of three hours each, totaling over 300 hours. These volunteers swept sidewalks, parking lots and alley ways, scraped gum, collected and removed litter and debris and pulled weeds.
Volunteer groups included Boy Scout Troop 428; Cub Scout Pack 408; the City of Hollister; Girl Scout Troops 23403, 23406, 23411 and 23414; HOPE Services, Inc.; the LDS Church; San Benito High School Key Club; San Benito County Farm Bureau; and Spring Grove School.
A big thank you to these wonderful volunteers:
Destinee Barajas, Grant Bernosky, Christine Black, Emily Bloom, Benjie Casarez, Danielle Casas, Melissa Castro, Ciera Conley, Connie and Emily Cooklin, Ben, Cassie, Wendy and Nick de Hoyos, Trevor Eclarin, Kieley Emilio, Eddie, Ed, Marissa and Teri Escamilla, Alexander, Andrew and Terry Eymann, Mateo and Joshua Forrest, Heather and Joseph Francis, Rosemary Garcia, Christopher and James Godbout, Enrique Godoy, Dyllan Greig, Jim Hart, Harli Haworth, Frank Hernandez, Danny Hillstock, Clayton Holly, Daniel Hopkins, Sandy and Parker Hughes, Nicole Huxtable, Barbara Botelho, Serena Ji, Lauren Kelly, Adam, Cambria and Kenedi Kraten, Julie LeBaron, Rachelle Lelande, Taylor Lopes, Angel Luna, Julianna Mendonca, Linda and Rocco Marron, Joshua Martin, Zoe Martinez, Tracy McAllister, Juliza Mejia, Marisa and Brysa Mendoza, Mackenzie Miguel, Emily and Carol Millar, Josh Nehme, Darick Nordstrom, Diana and Monica Ocampo, Tyler O’Connell, Tanner Okerson, Anita and Iean Parker, Alex Pedregon, Teresa Pence, Adam Perales, Samantha Perez, Rolanda, Bowyn and Talyon Pollard, Jayme Pulliam, Andrea Ramirez, Diana Reyes, Angel Riotutar, Jackie Rodriguez, Ray Rojas, Adolfo, Sommer and Autumn Salinas, Pancho Sandoval, Mike Saunders, Mark Scalmanini, Samantha and Anna smith, Mindy and Andrew Sotelo, Cecily Stevenson, Tonia and Gary Sunseri, Brenda Vallejo, Mia and Anthony Ventimiglia, Brianna Ventura, Daisy and Fredy Villareal, Evan Weatherly, David Werolin, Tristan Will, Emma Zamora and Socorro Zendejas.
Brenda Weatherly,
Executive director of the HDA
