Editorial: Voters must show Rivas they expect more
Knowing health care district board member Ernest Rivas refused to step down and do the right thing immediately following his 2010 battery conviction and sex offender registration, it comes as no surprise he has declared candidacy for reelection and chosen to further embarrass himself.
Water, water everywhere
This week’s reporting by Nick Preciado brought to mind the passage by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, “Water, water, everywhere, and all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” The winter storms that raged...
Progress Is Good, But There’s Still More to Be Made
The county and the Sheriff's Office recently took swift
Vote ‘no’ on gaming props, ‘yes’ on change for term limits
Voters will have a say on several statewide propositions on
Mental illness doesn’t explain gun violence
The notion that mental illness drives the current spate of mass shootings is a dangerous oversimplification. Some shooters, such as the Aurora. Col., movie theater gunman James Holmes, yes, have had diagnosed mental illness, while others have not. To unfairly stereotype people with conditions...






