Letters

Dear Editor,

I am writing this letter on how the voting process for elections was done by the city and county. I don’t feel it was done correctly, I have freedom of speech to say that, and how I was treated as a candidate by the city and county. The process was not done properly and fairly.  The county could not handle the votes that were processed by absentee ballots and regular voting at the polls.

I would like to thank you for running this year’s VFW announcement for the Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest. We received over 150 entries from six different schools. Thank you.

It is that time I wish to thank you for your coverage of the Holte Holiday Dinners. With your support and that of many volunteers, we were able to meet expenses as well as serve over 300 people a Thanksgiving dinner of turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, and dressing and dessert.

On behalf of the Measure E Committee I would like to extend our heartfelt thanks for all the voters that helped pass Measure E. We feel you did a great service for your City. We appreciate your commitment and investment for our hometown Hollister.  We acknowledge the nay votes and hope that in the near future you will come to realize the importance of this measure meant to ensure our sustainability until better days. Thanks to the many endorsers but most notably the “first ten” signers of the ballot measure. It was you who put you name on the line in the very early days of our campaign. We are most grateful for your support and with your help we were able to proceed with our campaign with you as individual leaders that believed in their community.  We are most appreciative of your early efforts. We also give thanks to the huge neighborhood watch program and the animal shelter volunteers that assisted us in spreading the word throughout the community of our need to maintain public safety. You probably don't realize your importance in the Measure E campaign so we just want to say thank you to all of you. To our Latino community; we tried diligently to bring the message to you and felt that we were successful in providing you with information in both English and Spanish literature, radio and most importantly bilingual canvassers. We felt a pressing need to communicate to all citizens in Hollister realizing the importance of all factions that makeup our community.

In regards to the article “Deeper discussion offered on proposed oil exploration rules” (San Benito County Today, Oct. 26, 2012), I wish to correct a statement in the article. The article suggested I opposed the role of a petroleum administrator.  In fact the opposite is true.  My concern is that the county will not be able to afford a petroleum administrator and the task will fall to the Planning Department. The current draft petroleum ordinance is very complex, duplicates state and federal regulation, and may overburden the planning department.