Trade war is a ‘lose-lose’ for our farmers
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in late March that he didn’t expect President Trump’s tariff announcements to have “a big impact on the...
Dabo, Part Two
San Benito County District Attorney Candice Hooper told us this week that her forensic accountant has finished his examination of bank records of the...
CA personal tax rates rank low
One prevailing stereotype of Californians—shared by state residents as well as red-state politicians and the Trump Administration—is that we pay higher taxes than anyone...
Newsprint duties could hurt small newspapers
The printing press remains the symbol—despite the arrival of online news—of the Fourth Estate, of “Freedom of the Press.” That’s why for centuries one...
Run, hide, defend…
Sadly, events in distant cities mean that our students and teachers have had to add another set of tools for school safety that we...
California has key role in agriculture issues
Sonny Perdue is a veterinarian, and a former governor of Georgia. He also is the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. He spent one day in...
California has key role in agriculture issues
Sonny Perdue is a veterinarian, and a former governor of Georgia. He also is the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. He spent one day in...
Resist the parade nonsense
Showy military displays go back millennia, to ancient Egypt and Greece and beyond. Yet, the U.S. has no consistent tradition of big military parades,...
Building a brilliant business community
The San Benito Business Council this week announced its support of the 2017-2022 San Benito County Comprehensive Economic Development strategy. Here is that strategy’s...
When will Dabo resign?
News this week that the new state election reform law is requiring that the date of the election of San Benito County’s Board of...