Friday Readers' Forum

Many veterans responded to Novato's Matt and Jeff's Car Wash and Detail Center's offer of a free car wash and a six-month gasoline discount card on Veterans Day.

[Jim]

Arlene McCarrell, please visit the sites you complain about. You misrepresented the population that uses the facilities. Both the Pickleweed Community and the Health Campus serve all of San Rafael and the county.

The diversity of people, organizations and groups at Pickleweed is simply amazing.

You should get the facts before you expose your ignorance.

[Salt peanuts]

Regarding Jenny Houston's letter. Actually we did have ample warning that Prop 5 and its offspring 1A would lead to this. Opponents stated repeatedly that any group of people with unproven "Indian" ancestry such as Greg Sarris and his cronies could call themselves a "tribe," go into partnership with a Nevada Casino and buy a piece of property, put it into trust with the federal government, then apply for a casino. "Indian" casinos are now the biggest contributor in California politics, so that's why they don't pay their fair share of taxes, and are exempt from many labor and environmental standards.

Lesson: Don't make any decision based on liberal guilt

[Elefant in town]

Jim wrote:

Arlene McCarrell, please visit the sites you complain about. You misrepresented the population that uses the facilities. Both the Pickleweed Community and the Health Campus serve all of San Rafael and the county.
The diversity of people, organizations and groups at Pickleweed is simply amazing.
You should get the facts before you expose your ignorance.

I have been through the "health center" a few times.(delivering)
Mostly hispanic she is right.
The canal (illegals) is catered to, whether you want to admit or not.

[Commander Bunny]

Jim wrote:

Arlene McCarrell, please visit the sites you complain about. You misrepresented the population that uses the facilities. Both the Pickleweed Community and the Health Campus serve all of San Rafael and the county.
The diversity of people, organizations and groups at Pickleweed is simply amazing.
You should get the facts before you expose your ignorance.

"Diverse"?
I did'nt see any Llaplanders there, nor Mongolians,or any other Ethnicity there, just predominantly Mexicans.