Why a blog about South County

What is The Gilroy Post?
The Gilroy Post is a blog for thoughtful, informative, and useful commentary focused on the southern Santa Clara Valley. Every post provides educated opinion supported by fact. It will always provide readers with links to data used in the commentary, as well as additional information the reader might deem useful. We will always tell you at the beginning why the post matters. It is biting and riddled with parody and banter. If it were a film, it would be rated PG-13, although some of our posts may warrant an R for language, but it is never gratuitous language.

Guest posts
Posts by readers are welcomed. In fact guest posts are desired. No member of the Post is paid. No advertising is accepted (I've seen first-hand what that does to the integrity of the commentary). We don't pay reporters pitiful wages and then hand them an agenda and tell them to get to work. Readers decide the agenda. Email a proposal synopsis to Dennis Taylor at dscribe@hotmail.com and we will be back in touch with you to chat about it.

Why South County?
Southern Santa Clara County is covered by two newspapers, the San Jose Mercury News and the Gilroy Dispatch. When someone is murdered or when a medical cannabis dispensary comes to town, South County might then warrant television coverage. With the cost-cutting measures and layoffs the Mercury News has suffered, editorial involvement with Gilroy is spotty. Rarely has there been thoughtful commentary on issues concerning Gilroy.

The Gilroy Dispatch has commentary. But the Gilroy Post offers an alternative to that commentary. Many times views expressed in the Dispatch are welcomed with Rush Limbaugh-esque shouts of "Idiot" or "You're a moron!" That will not happen here. Comments on posts will be thoughtful, dignified and respectful, regardless of the poster's political leanings, or they will not be posted. Period.

Lastly, South County is where I live. It's where my extended family lives. It's where my dogs hunt squirrels.

Rules
1. If you believe in what you say, say your name.
2. Anonymous posts will not be accepted. See Rule 1.