Opinion

A city is more than its roads, buildings and parking lots. It is also the places, images and creative touches that make residents stop, look and say, “That’s Hollister.” Take a walk around town and you’ll find plenty of examples. The mural on Johnny’s wall has...

Paid signature gatherers from places like Modesto, Oakland, Wyoming and Tennessee are invading our neighborhoods telling voters blatant lies while trying to trick them into signing a recall petition.  This is truly an attack on our community.  Here are just some examples of the absurd statements...

There’s something special about a community that takes time to celebrate the people who make it a better place. And that’s exactly what the San Benito County Chamber of Commerce did at its 105th Annual Dinner and Dance Awards Night held Sept. 19. The evening...

California could soon receive as much as $2.1 billion from Meta as part of a settlement over allegations that Facebook and Instagram were designed in ways that harmed children and teens. That is an enormous amount of money—and an enormous opportunity. The proposed settlement calls for...

The Joe Heller cartoon of Sept. 18 (Opinion page) portrays an AI robot angered by dire warnings of disaster followed by a robotic smile when congress smiles regulation. Apparently the robot recalls how the same warnings were used to scare people with nuclear annihilation...

Fact-checking Hollister Free Lance; fact-checking Gilroy Dispatch; fact-checking Morgan Hill Times? About those articles that you published about transit having a “balanced budget,” so claimed by the Gilroy City Councilman/VTA Public Sector Transit Advocate. Are you going to let them make such false statements?  Moreover, make...

The Free Lance photo on page 8 of the Sept. 4 edition (“Hollister voters push for Urban Growth Boundary”) depicts people from the grass of lawns and pastures making real grass work function. Here shows the people who want to save Hollister.  Sure, Hollister can...

This week (Free Lance, Sept. 4 edition) Joe Heller’s opinion page cartoon seems vacant as it depicts a multi-labeled coat simply identified as “Dolly” hung on a hollow space. However that emptiness immediately filled with visions of radiant smiles, pompadour blonde hair rhythmically motioned...

The slate of candidates is set. The campaign signs will soon be everywhere, mailboxes will fill with political mailers and candidates will be making their cases to voters. Now it’s our turn. Voting is one of the most important responsibilities we have as citizens, yet it...

Dymphna (DJ) William’s Guest View on the library deftly exposes the rich value a library offers to the community. Food for the soul comes from the library. The library sets the table with a smorgasbord of infinite variety. If an adequate smorgasbord includes a dish...