Save the Granada Theater and retain that small-town feel
Dear Editor,
My family and I have lived in the Morgan Hill area over 24 years. We love the small town feeling and looks of downtown. And part of that is having a downtown theater. It's nostalgic and really adds to that small town feeling we have living here. We love the idea of going to our downtown for a movie and dinner. The new types of theaters like the CineLux is OK for young people, but most of us over the age of 40 really enjoy the old theater and dining downtown within walking distance.
Please save the Granada. Besides, the new theaters do not have that aesthetic appeal like the old ones and you can hear the sound of the movie on the other side of the wall. It's awful. What a waste of money to tear the Granada down. Everything new is not necessarily better.
Wayne and Nadine Shrewsbury, Morgan Hill
Thank you Starbucks for not involving the government
Dear Editor,
I was in the Vineyard Starbucks early morning last week. I noticed a box full of pastries that said, "Daily - MHRC" or something similar. I asked the barista if that was day-old pastries headed to the to the YMCA center and he nodded and explained that each day, all day-old pastries are saved and held for pick up for the Senior Center. As I drove to work I thought about it more and here is what I have come up with:
-Private industry and concerned citizens help the needy with more effectiveness than big government. The simplicity of the system set up at Starbucks is proof. Take all day old out, put in a container marked daily and wait for pick up. Can you imagine the government system for handling this simple task. Certainly it would entail filling out forms, special delivery, multiple workers on a lifetime pension and by the time it reached the senior center, half of the goods would be gone and they would be a least two days old. Then someone would take photos of the politicians in front of the center with some starving seniors and talk about how important the government role is in feeding, clothing and helping our seniors prosper because there is not enough help from citizens.
-Big corporations ruin the world. Really? According to those that use their cell phones and fire off thousands of IM's or text messages, drive fancy cars (even a Prius), eat Doritos and get all their facts from Wikipedia, the world is filled with ugly profit-making companies that should be regulated by the government. However, these folks think all of these "things" just "appeared" for their enjoyment, while they contemplate how the great redistribution of wealth will improve their life and how corporate profit motivation is a plague on society. Perhaps they take it even further and feel that it is Starbuck's obligation to feed people for free instead of providing them with a cup of coffee to drink as they drive to work and ponder the benefits of socialism.
-I'd like to hug the person who started this program and thank them for not involving our government.
-I'd like to thank Starbucks for not hanging a sign on the door that said "see what we're doing for the seniors" or demanding that the Senior Center serve Starbucks coffee in order to get the pastries.
-I'd like to thank the founders of our country for recognizing that socialism was not the best economic or government system for America.
-I'd like to thank the seniors for consuming day old pastries - and if they are like my parents - doing so with thankfulness and without complaint.
-Thank you Starbucks for making my morning a little more thoughtful.
Brad Mountz, Morgan HIll
Panelist calls for churches to denounce killing of abortion doctor
Dear Editor:
In response to the recent criticism of our views in Around the Water Cooler, I would like to elaborate on my comment that the Christian churches need to denounce the murder of the abortion doctor. My experience in Morgan Hill shaped my answer.
In 1998, when Matthew Shepard was tortured, beaten and killed in Laramie, Wyo. for being gay, Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan. picketed his funeral with anti-gay signs and signs claiming that Matthew was burning in hell. His parents were devastated. It was wrong. Christ never advocated murder. He also asked those without sin to cast the first stone. Therefore, I thought it apt for the church I was attending at the time to denounce this anti-Christlike behavior by the Baptist Church. Members were aghast at the notion. Later, we decided that we could not join this church.
I again challenge churches of Morgan Hill to denounce the killing in Kansas of the abortion doctor, in his church, by a man calling himself a Christian.
Karen P. Anderson, Morgan Hill
Downtown street dances are a plus for residents and the city
Dear Editor,
Thursday night on the corner of Second street and Monterey Road the Thursday Night Street Dance kicked off with a bang and by all estimates was a huge success. Right off the bat the 4th Street Dance Band electrified and delighted the larger than expected crowd with everything from the Beatles to AC/DC with a touch of Michael Jackson and the Stray Cats. People of all ages were dancing and singing and enjoying a perfect evening. I would like to thank Pat and Patty Curtis in this public forum for all of their hard work in creating and making this event a wonderful and so far successful community event. As I ran the sound I heard great music, took photographs and saw that local businesses were very busy, more so than a usual Thursday evening. I would like to encourage everyone to support this event that will take place every Thursday night through September as well as the Friday Night Music Series at the Community and Cultural Center. Having these opportunities is a win-win for the people and the city of Morgan Hill.
Mike DiRubio, Morgan Hill
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