Tag: opinion
Letter: Measure Q would rob the county of revenue
I am writing today to provide my perspective on Measure Q. Measure Q would remove almost all the commercial nodes from the county’s General...
Letters: Vote on Measure Q
Support democracy with your vote
The argument against Measure Q that bothers me the most is something I have heard from people I know and...
Letter to the editor: For safety’s sake, eliminate gas lines
Re: Safety First, Free Lance 9/2/22
Everyone wants to be safe. Yes, of course, safety first, especially now in this heat wave inside this drought. It...
Letters to the editor: Water warning, Measure Q
Measure gives voters a chip
Re: Monopoly Board and Measure Q
From the sky, San Benito County looks like a comfortable green quilt; yet some want...
Letter: Leaders should practice diplomacy
Re: Remembering Aug. 6, 1945
Aug. 6, 1945, was like a day in infamy for people in Hiroshima, much like Dec. 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor...
Letter: Stay vigilant, informed
A cursory reading of headlines—Beer Brawl, Mine Report Released, Candidates “Pull papers”—would make our town appear as a rough and tumble frontier mining town,...
Letter to the editor: Landfill expansion would serve other counties
Supervisor Bob Tiffany snarled, “It disgusts me that this will go before the voters” then growled “I certainly am going to be working...
Letter to the editor: Everyone gets a gold star
As someone who is old enough to have gone to elementary school in the 60s and early 70s, and junior and senior high school...
Letters to the editor: Too easy to vote?
Stop using tax funds for transit
Highway improvements would not be so delayed if the unelected “directors” at the transit agencies stopped diverting highway trust...
Letter to the editor: Red flag laws offer gun safety band-aid
The latest episodes of gun violence seem to have tapped into a more concerted public discussion of effective strategy among gun control advocates nationwide....
