![]() ![]() California Passport, owned by Ana Lelescu (40), is the carrier. Go ahead, have an extra cocktail with dinner and don’t worry about the drive home. Nothing shifty about this idea: Adam Sanchez and Ann Zyburra, co-owners of Gilroy’s fine Milias Restaurant, have hired a local bus service to pick up and drop off patrons on Wednesday nights from Eagle Ridge. It’s 40 and you can safely ask him how he got the name “Shifty.” All this for a reasonable price from a nice guy who knows what he’s doing. He comes out in his mobile truck van with all the right stuff to fix up your two-wheeler in a jiffy and get you back in the saddle pumping those muscles. But, wait, there’s “Shifty” to the rescue. Fall is a nice time to ride, but it’s such a pain to haul them out and get them fixed. Had a couple of bicycles resting on flat tires in the garage. So, when Dodger fan, buddy and de facto Mayor of Gilroy, Rich Perez, asked me if I wanted a Dodger souvenir from his visit to LA in a few days when the Giants face the Dodgers to end the regular season, I got to reply: “Sure, a picture of the Giants on the field so I can identify the non-starters who are playing while the stars from NATIONAL LEAGUE 2012 WESTERN DIVISION CHAMPION GIANTS rest.” Happily happens that the San Francisco Giants are the 2012 Western Division Champs. On principle, voting no on all tax measures until agencies, counties, Sacramento get their wasteful spending practices in order.” That’s on the money, and it seems to me that until the clear majority of voters adopt that principle – despite general support for schools, dam re-building, public safety or whatever the purpose – serious and sustainable reform will not happen. ![]() One of our Community Pulse members answered a question about supporting the Santa Clara Valley Water District’s tax proposal with this: “No. But honestly, it’s not nearly enough – not nearly enough to justify supporting all the tax measures on the ballot. There have been some reforms for public agencies in pension, benefit and pay structures. So, as Miss Jenny and I struggle to get the two daughters through college and the nation sputters to leave the Great Recession behind, I’m chagrined at the plethora of state, county and local tax measures dripping ink all over the upcoming ballot. The numbers don’t lie, but they don’t tell the whole truth either. It’s almost as if you can “feel” whether the economy is moving. Have always felt like the psychological aspect to recovery – or slide – is critically important. Seems like things are improving economically, but it’s a slow boil recovery. ![]()
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