Editorial: City wise to get rally rolling again
Officials are on the right track with planning for a revived motorcycle rally by hiring a qualified event manager, drastically cutting the law enforcement budget and - perhaps most poignantly - putting those hogs back on the main drag.
Editorial: On bypass, our end of the deal doesn’t feel so raw
For a while, it looked as though San Benito County would take yet another painful blow to the chin from the state. Fortunately, and with a persistent, laudable push from local delegates, area residents will see a return on their tax investment in California and lose a significant financial liability.
Community Board: Incentivize new hotels
We like the idea for reduction of impact fees on any decent hotel proposals coming the way of Hollister officials.
Hollister council members earlier this month authorized deferment of impact fees on a new Marriott Hotel until the end of 2018. The deferment of impact...
Free Lance Editorial: Adviser’s hiring underscores HSD’s fiscal ineptitude
The Hollister School District's request for a class-size waiver and extension of a contract for an optional fiscal adviser - who acts as a five-figure “final set of eyes” - underscore a cultural acceptance of fiscal irresponsibility.
