Editorials

County Superintendent of Education Tim Foley has, for several

The Independence Rally may be the biggest event of the year, by

Take some time out from your back-to-school shopping this Saturday for a different kind of shopping.

San Juan Bautista's annual budget is $908,500. City leaders managed to lose more than four times that amount in San Juan's failed, once-firm bid for a $3.8 million federal grant to go toward a required $10 million water project.

Thumbs up: For the San Juan Bautista Chamber of Commerce and the SJB Downtown Merchants Association and others that are trying to draw more tourists to their charming little town. They want to put a billboard on U.S. 101 to let passing motorists know the town is there; they are trying to attract bus tours; and they hosted a media day Thursday to try to spread the word. We wish them the best of luck. San Juan Bautista is an eccentric and fun burg that oozes personality. It deserves broad attention and the economic boost that will come with it.

In the spirit of the holiday season, we wanted to take some time to recognize people and organizations that have helped to brighten the lives of others in the community. As we enter another new year, the following deserve a thumbs up for contributions to San Benito County and its people.

There comes a time when a festival has to grow up. That's where

San Benito County supervisors should do one of their planning commissioners, Anthony Freitas, the courtesy of rescheduling a vote on his potential dismissal from the commission to a meeting he can attend.

Managers of the people's money - in the county's case, elected supervisors and top-level department heads - should keep their sharpest focus these days on the unit cost of employees.

San Benito County once again gave about 4,000 local residents