Assocation pride

ON MAY 7, the Southgate Home Owners Association held its traditional Candidates Night, and thanks to just a handful of board members, such as Deanna and Ed Bogue, it was labeled a success.

The Southgate Home Owners Association dates back to the early 1970s — at that time it had a full board of about 10 — and when it appeared before the City Council for various issues in the Southgate neighborhoods, the city listened and acted.

Unfortunately, times have a way of changing things, and it is not an easy task to remain successful with just a few dedicated homeowners who run their monthly meetings and try to keep Southgate the community that everyone loves to live in. Especially in current times, we have more rentals, we have vacant houses due to foreclosures, we have residents who speak little or no English — and the ones who have lived here since the 1960s are getting up there in age.

Despite of all that, the Southgate Home Owners Association still retains it reputation as an association that will fight for a decent neighborhood, and the attendance at the Candidates Night, with Ed Bogue as the moderator, should have pleased all candidates present and also the people who came to hear the candidates.

Those who live in the Southgate area should make an effort to support their association — it meets at 7 p.m. the first Wednesday of every month in the Corporation Yard

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building at the end of Turner Court. If you would like to know more about the Southgate Home Owners Association, call 510-782-2824.

Harold and Lore Warren

Hayward

Slick writing

KUDOS TO YOUR May 7 editorial "Oil profit tax is filled with nonsense." It's been a long time since I've read anything in the Daily Review editorial section that wasn't slanted to the left. The editorial writer even accuses Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton and some of their Democratic colleagues of using oil companies as scapegoats. Amen! Hallelujah!

Then the writer goes on to say, "while oil profits are huge, the profit margin is in line with other industries," and "over the past several decades, oil company profit margins have been below the national average for all industries."

Finally, this courageous writer suggests that the best way to attack high gasoline prices is to reduce demand through fuel efficiency, alternative fuels and with reasonable onshore drilling (without environmental damage).

It's like a breath of fresh air to read something based on truth and not political pandering.

Joseph Gordillo

Hayward