News Analysis: Wall Street, market forces sank project
In a July county board meeting, Supervisor Anthony Botelho launched into one of his periodic tirades about overbearing state regulations, from the Fish and Wildlife agency, causing harm to the local economy. In this case, that harm was more akin locally to an economic shipwreck, with Atlanta-based Pulte Group pulling out of its highly desirable Del Webb community at San Juan Oaks Golf Club.
Meeting preview: General plan fee, 2014 ballot measure and Resource Recovery Park
The San Benito County supervisors will meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday, with the regular agenda including several items to be brought back for discussion from previous meetings.
BLM to pursue fracking study of public lands in local area
The Bureau of Land Management will call in a third party to conduct a science and planning review of oil and gas development practices, including hydraulic fracturing, on public lands overseen by the Hollister field office, according to an announcement released Friday.
Hollister City Council takes July break
School’s not the only thing that’s out for summer. The Hollister City Council is taking a July recess for the second year in a row.
The history of the recess starts in 2015 when that year’s July 6 council meeting was cancelled due to the...
