RE: CV is Changing Letter of Steve Hansen

A CV resident of many years myself, I must compliment Steven Hansen after reading his letter of August 17th. in The CV Forum, on how CV is changing and not for the better.

I sure hope and wish his letter, will help some of our citizens, realize they need to be more proactive, start to care more about our town by making better choices.

Every day I also notice how bad CV looks, I often make phone calls to different agencies, with the hope they would take care of the problems we face, sadly, no one listens.

The agencies decisions makers should get out of their offices, learn and see what needs to be done, instead of tearing down what works and make a mess with their new, off the wall ideas, from their desks.

Once the beautiful Cull Canyon Lagoon is one of many perfect examples, and the recent partial paving of Crow Canyon Rd is another.

Instead of starting the repaving from the San Ramon border where the street has hills and valleys, no way, it would have been the smart thing to do, they started from E Castro Valley Blvd to Coldwater and stopped.

I was surprised when I saw the work begin, because I had called months before The Public Works Department few times, explained that I had to stop driving my sport car on Crow Canyon, because the road hills and valleys near the San Ramon border, cause my low sports car to hit bottom, causing damage to my car.

I would like to end my comments, by saying that every time I sweep in front of my home, I go all the way down to the end of my block, if everyone did the same CV would return to be a beautiful, clean town.

Best regards to everyone, let's care and make CV a garden again.

–Josie Pastorino, Castro Valley