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November 29, 2024

Why cut down the shade trees?

This past weekend, I decided to take my own tour through

Deep-fried turkey, beer and football

What do you get by mingling 1,200 pounds of animal flesh and a

Our community’s most precious asset

We had another reminder this weekend of what a delightful

Guest View: SBHS superintendent talks budget, ‘best financial planning’

The 2012-13 San Benito High School District budget, developed and presented for adoption in June 2012, represents the best financial planning for the coming fiscal year.

Let’s keep Indian Motorcycle in area

We're thrilled that the man who brought Indian Motorcycle back

Letters to the Editor

Measure A use clarification

LULAC concerned with protecting voters’ rights

I am responding to the Free Lance editorial of March 19-21,

Letter: Crossing guard retires after 36 years

I am writing this letter to announce that after 36 years of crossing children at Tres Pinos school, I am retiring. I want to thank all the principals, teachers, school board members, parents, and students for all the kindness and waves of support during my many years as crossing guard!

Guest View: Firefighter loss would be big hit

It is a shame we could lose 12 firefighters. We need our fire fighters, we need more at that. We cannot afford this kind of thing to happen. It’s very unfortunate. I believe the grant was put into place when Mike O’Conner was fire chief. It, of course ,was not going to last forever. We have to be on things like this, make sure everything goes through properly and correctly. We should have had some kind of backup plan. Just like we need more police officers; I hope they don’t say we will be losing police officers as well. Let’s make sure this does not happen.

Guest View: Show me the money!

On August 9th, 1974, President Richard Nixon resigned. (After a bipartisan vote of the House Judiciary Committee to impeach “Tricky Dick”.) Then the newly-elected Miss Oklahoma visited Washington. Asked if she’d seen the Senate Office Building ("the S.O.B.”) yet, “Miss O” innocently replied, “Oh – is Nixon still in town?”

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