Letters

Reading “Velazquez plans to rerun for supe seat” (Hollister Free Lance, July 31) overjoyed me. The article reassured me that courageous people still exist!  Because of one brave person, democracy can still function. It takes extraordinary dedication to the common good to face extreme hostility...

“Abolish Ice”, a sign captured in the Free Lance photo featured in the coverage of the protest at the Gilroy construction site for an ICE detention center. Of course we don’t want our spinach, carrots, onions and garlic spoiled by a police state. I...

With the California High Speed Rail Authority’s Supermassive Black Hole Bullet Train insolvent, and getting more so every day, as motorists and taxpayers are gouged for the tax subsidies the builders demand, a bankruptcy solution, so common in the economy (see examples off the...

Re: Another Recall, Free Lance, July 17. Democracy is under attack because some do not like to lose an election. These few initiate recalls. These “Poor Losers” prefer to be winners so they proceed on the attack. They disregard the common good. What concerns me...

Re: Joe Heller cartoon, Free Lance, July 10. The smile on the beak of the stork transmits the purpose of the fly-over of the Capitol by the stork while depositing the standard “bird droppings” smiling about his delivery. The point of his beak bringing a...

A Gilroy free-ride-and drive event could be renamed to “What’s Under Your Hood” because popping the hood of an electric vehicle reveals absolutely nothing. This hood is empty: no cylinders, no pistons, no filters, no parts with no need for an oil change.  Thank you...

Re: “challenged ballots,” Free Lance, June 19.  I am confused. The extraordinary number of candidates running for governor was daunting but not confusing. The number of women running in most races was heartwarming but not confusing. The length of the ballot was challenging but not...

The gang (of ex-politicians) that couldn’t shoot straight behind the recall of County Supervisor Ignacio Velazquez is at it again. They are going after Supervisor Kollin Kosmicki.  Their first attempt failed because they didn’t or couldn’t read the simple rules governing recall petitions. Based on...

Sadly, the Scam Recall attempt of Supervisor Ignacio Velazquez never should have been on the ballot. But here we are several weeks from Election Day when District 5 voters must resoundingly reject this outrageous question.  Here are five reasons why this is a massive scam:  1....

Sometimes it’s important to step back and connect the dots. I don’t know Laura Garcilazo personally. But after receiving her campaign mailer for the auditor-controller election and seeing some of the sensationalistic headlines being used, I started to look more closely at the circumstances surrounding...