Editorial: Rally manager deserves long-term commitment
With about a half-year to pull it off, Mark and Yvonne Cresswell from North Carolina-based Worldwide Dynamics did an outstanding job organizing the first Hollister motorcycle rally in five years.
Editorial: Trustees were wise to rescind snap judgment
It was a relief to see the relatively new Hollister School District Board of Trustees reverse course on a prior snap judgment to cancel contracts with the city's recreation program for use of gyms and fields at Rancho and Maze Middle School.
Editorial: Interim CAO jumped the gun on talks
Interim County Administrative Officer Ray Espinosa was wrong to pronounce that supervisors should consider ending furlough pay cuts and a step-increase freeze - not only because his reasoning for such financial optimism was flawed and based on one-time injections, but also because he just threw the unions a bone for negotiations and for no justifiable reason.
Editorial: With departure of officials, what’s next for Hollister?
Now that Hollister City Manager Clint Quilter and City Attorney Stephanie Atigh have both announced their resignations, the obvious question is, where do we go from here?
Editorial: Board falls short with oil rules
County supervisors were apt to portray a sense of support for oil and natural gas prospects here, but they fell short as it pertains to protecting taxpayers in the event of a necessary cleanup.
Editorial: Officials with hospital, foundation must put aside differences
Players involved in the increasingly discordant relationship between the hospital and health foundation must find a way to put aside personality differences and give utmost priority to providing the best health care possible for this county's residents.
Editorial: City to carve news on rock tablets
It's good to see Hollister officials showing a desire to share information with the public through a newsletter, but launching a print publication in 2013 is a reckless, archaic way of spending taxpayers' money, especially after passage of the Measure E tax extension promoted as a savior for public safety.
