Dear Editor,

If your garden plants are looking a little drab following the cold winter, you don't want to miss the Goldsmith Seeds and Gilroy Rotary Flower Sale.

Scheduled for this Saturday, from 8am to 1pm (rain or shine) at Goldsmith Seeds, this is the perfect opportunity to choose the plants you've been wanting. From First Street and Santa Teresa Boulevard, just follow the signs west.

Goldsmith Seeds is known in the world as one of the largest wholesale breeders of hybrid flower seed. Every spring, for the past 35 years, Goldsmith Seeds has held its annual Spring Trials.

During these trials, hundreds of new plants are introduced to the nursery/greenhouse industry and thousands are on display.

About 17 years ago, the Goldsmith family and the Gilroy Rotary came together and the annual flower sale was born. Since its inception, tens of thousands of dollars have been raised to help support local schools and nonprofits alike.

The types of plants you can choose from include pansy, petunia, geranium, begonia, impatiens, zinnia and many more.

The beautiful colors, shapes and sizes of the numerous flowers on display, ready for purchase, are incredible.

I was just out at the greenhouse and saw the wonderful selection of flowers that will be available this year.

Bring your wagon and load up with a selection of these new plants, even before local garden centers have them available for sale.

Only cash or checks will be accepted.

Add beauty to your garden and at the same time support local schools and charities by attending the 2007 Goldsmith Seeds and Gilroy Rotary Flower Sale, Saturday at Goldsmith Seeds on Highway 152 (Hecker Pass Highway).

Craig Gartman, Gilroy Rotary Flower Sale Chairman

Tough to be a Tax-Paying Citizen in Gilroy With Recent Pay-Raise Ploy

Dear Editor,

Good thing that picture of the Virginia Tech officers rescuing the injured lay below that headline "Deadliest Rampage." Otherwise, I would have thought "Deadly Rampage" was part of the headline referring to "City Raises Pay."

That pay-raise ploy by the City Council merely illustrates an age-old adage: "A well-organized minority [the administration] can readily control an unorganized majority [taxpayers]."

It's tough to be a tax-paying citizen in Gilroy and have no one looking out for your interests or your pocketbook.

Let's cut taxes by the same percentage as was the city pay raise; it's our only recourse to justice.

J. G. McCormack , Gilroy

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