Blog comments

On plan to pay for

farmworker overruns

"Stop using public monies to pay for farmworker anything. The private businesses who benefit from cheap labor can pay for them."

"Wineries have donated nearly $70 million dollars to our community, including $4 million specifically for housing. In the past year alone (apart from their own numerous charitable activities), wineries donated nearly $7 million to local beneficiaries. Find me another 'private business' in our community that does so much. Maybe a better plan is to avoid intellectually lazy rants and go after the true problem -- bad government policies and procedures, and incompetent public officials."

On Oakland teen

stabbed in Napa

"Some people are blind to see what Napa will become in a couple of years if they continue to build more hotels, etc., to attract tourists. The bigger Napa becomes the more violence there will be, and it's not all gang related. It's due to the fact that there is nothing for these young people to do in this town ... If there is nothing positive for them, then they will turn to negative behavior."

"Napa is not as safe as it used to be, but if you think Napa is 'gang turf,' then it's time for a reality check."

"This community better wake up if you want to maintain our relatively low crime rate. Zero tolerance with stiff penalties will help to make Napa a place thugs will avoid."

"Every town has crime in it."

"And the City Council considers reducing the budget for police officers and youth services/diversion program?"

On motorcyclist

injured on Soscol

"The lesson as I see it is that stretch of Soscol. We need some more stoplights there."

"More stoplights? ... You will have more accidents; the difference will be they will occur at signaled intersections."

"Napa Public Works needs to take a longer look and put a three-way stop at Central and Soscol!"

"Please let us pray for this young man and his family ... An unfortunate accident such as this reminds us all to drive safely whether we are on two or four wheels."

On cutting

traffic patrol

"My fondest memories of responsibility at Lincoln Elementary was being a part of the Traffic Patrol program. Loyalty, honor, love of country, sense of community, respect for law enforcement and discipline in the ranks, fulfillment of protecting those younger ones crossing busy main street and being looked up to as a role model by my peers and younger students ... Surely this program can be saved."

"The job is simply too dangerous when you realize how many dopes are driving out there. I have to be on my toes to keep from getting hit. I don't want my fifth-grader doing that job."

"For those of you that think that a trained fifth-grader with a red jacket and a large stop sign isn't a safe bet or a worthwhile use of funds when dealing with traffic, imagine how it will be when a fifth-grader attempts to cross unaccompanied when cars are backed up and parents see no more signs at the crosswalk warning them to stop.

I realize that funds are tight and the city of Napa has budget issues, but after watching day after day, I can tell you that without the traffic patrol, not only would we lose yet another tradition, but the real and serious dangers around the time school gets out at Browns Valley won't go away."

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