How about Saturday hours at the shelter?
The comment or suggestion by Vivian Kennedy that the animal
shelter be open during lunch is ridiculous. There is no way that
someone is going to be able to adopt an animal in 30 minutes or
even one hour, get the animal home and situated and get back to
work on time, and that’s only if the adopter works here in
Hollister, let alone anywhere out of town.
They should close on Sunday and Monday and be open on Saturday.
Then they are not spending any more money to be open when the
public would be more likely to go and adopt an animal or be able to
pick their own animal up. But the city of Hollister is not likely
to make anything easier for its citizens or it would have done it a
long time ago. Whether it be the city management or the workers at
the animal shelter that are unwilling to work on Saturdays. And if
that is the case then you find someone that can and will.
Dawn Eason
Hollister
Tiffany Motors: alive and well
Upon hearing an unfounded rumor of his demise, Mark Twain once remarked “the report of my death has been greatly exaggerated.” Now I know how he must have felt! During the last month or so, there has been a nasty and totally false rumor circulating around town that Tiffany Motor Company is closing. Although it is somewhat understandable how rumors like this get started and fueled – given the very difficult retail environment all of us are dealing with – it does a great disservice to our company and all of our fine employees to keep hearing it.
Within a few months, Tiffany Motor Company will be celebrating its 99th anniversary, and as the oldest Ford dealership in California, we’re looking forward to throwing a huge party for our 100th in 2010. We have lived through a lot of ups and downs over the years – including, I might add, the Great Depression – and we have every intention to survive this down period as well. So let me repeat: Tiffany Motor Company is NOT going anywhere! We look forward to continuing to serve Hollister and San Benito County with its many automotive needs during the balance of 2008, and into 2009 and beyond. And if you can’t think of that perfect Christmas gift, I suggest you come by to see us. I can guarantee you that a new car or truck “under the tree” will be the most memorable gift you’ve ever given!
Bob Tiffany
Tiffany Motor Co.
How about Saturday hours at the shelter?
The comment or suggestion by Vivian Kennedy that the animal shelter be open during lunch is ridiculous. There is no way that someone is going to be able to adopt an animal in 30 minutes or even one hour, get the animal home and situated and get back to work on time, and that’s only if the adopter works here in Hollister, let alone anywhere out of town.
They should close on Sunday and Monday and be open on Saturday. Then they are not spending any more money to be open when the public would be more likely to go and adopt an animal or be able to pick their own animal up. But the city of Hollister is not likely to make anything easier for its citizens or it would have done it a long time ago. Whether it be the city management or the workers at the animal shelter that are unwilling to work on Saturdays. And if that is the case then you find someone that can and will.
Dawn Eason
Hollister
Evidence of climate change is all around
Marvin Jones’ letter needs a course correction. The issue, which concerns him, is often mislabeled as “global warming.” In reality, “climate change” provides the correct description of the phenomenon indisputable in scientific literature.
The rise in sea level from the melting glacial ice load and disappearing ice shelves in the Arctic immediately endangers human beings located in coastal areas. The loss of land and property is obvious. Climate change causes floods as we have seen in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Burma/Myanmar. Climate change causes droughts, which we witness in sub-Saharan Africa, especially in the Sudan, which exacerbates the killing and destruction as war-displaced humans compete for dwindling food sources. These and future catastrophes endanger human beings.
Regrettable as it seems to Mr. Jones, the tax on increased herds of animals would be passed on to the consumer. That may be a good thing as possibly people may decide to eat less meat as the impoverished do, thereby improving their health by experiencing drops in heart disease, blood pressure, diabetes, obesity and hypertension.
Mary Zanger
Hollister
Climate change? You bet
U.S. Sen. James Inhofe made headlines some time ago by calling global warming “the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.” Lately he has followed this up with a list of 413 “prominent scientists” who support his views. This list has been investigated and the facts are: 84 of those listed have either taken money from or are connected to the fossil fuels industry; 44 are television weathermen; 49 are retired; 20 are economists; and 70 have no expertise in climate science. Add to this the number of scientists who are outraged that they were put on the “list,” such as Dr. David Sugden, professor of geography at the University of Edinburgh, who said, “I am horrified to find my name on such a list. I have spent the last 20 years arguing the opposite,” or Dr. Gregory Cutter, professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences at Old Dominion University, who said, “I have no doubts … the recent changes in global climate are man-induced. I insist that you immediately remove my name from this list since I did not give you permission to put it there.”
Contrast this with these facts: the American Geophysical Union which includes 50,000 (that’s fifty-thousand!) earth, ocean and atmospheric scientists have officially stated since 2003 that “human activities are increasingly altering the Earth’s climate … Scientific evidence strongly indicates that natural influences cannot explain the rapid increase in global near surface temperatures,” and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report to the United Nations. This panel consists of 2,000 scientists worldwide who have been researching this report for several years. They state that “human pollution is making the climate warmer and that it will have dire consequences around the world.”
Those of us who watch TV regularly have been exposed to so much propaganda and “info commercials” over the years that most of us are wary of the “facts” we hear or read. Who can argue with the enormous power and profits of the oil and gas companies or the fact that they are in a life-and-death struggle to extract the last dollar from our pockets before catastrophic climate changes force us to change the system? We can inform ourselves and begin to work towards a future for our grandchildren or “perish together as fools” (Martin Luther King).
Natasha Wist
Hollister
