Politics

Karminder Brown's family is not poor, but she said they might be if they had to purchase all the books and resources her children use at the San Benito County Free Library each week.

Roadways could get more crowded

At Tuesday's San Benito County Board of Supervisors a handful of residents talked about items not on the agenda. One called for the supervisors to work with Congressman Sam Farr on reopening Clear Creek. Another talked about "new" revenue for San Benito County in the form of unclaimed property held at the state controller's office. Others talked about the importance of the CDBG grant funding and remembered 9/11 on the 11th anniversary of the tragedy.

Councilman Victor Gomez is the latest city official to broach a spending plan in the event voters pass the Measure E sales tax extension.

Residents remain concerned about increased traffic on John Smith Road even as supervisors approved a general plan amendment and application to CalRecycle to expand the daily tonnage allowed into the landfill from 500 tons per day up to 1,000 tons per day.

What started with Hollister’s Joan Sattler browsing a weekly Hollister Downtown Association email blast – which included a link to the state’s unclaimed property database – has spurred the local woman’s crusade to help others obtain their money.

While city officials received a courtesy call last week that their application for a community development block grant had been denied, they were still awaiting more information this week on the rating of their application to see if there is any room for improvement during next year's application cycle.

With Councilwoman Pauline Valdivia absent at this week’s meeting, Hollister council members were deadlocked on the dates for a 2013 air show.

South Santa Clara County’s 50-plus-year honeymoon with the 408 is over, and telephone users are encouraged to get their dialing fingers warmed up to welcome a new area code to town.