Free Lance Editorial: Candidates should share details of their agendas
As San Benito County and Hollister struggle with huge deficits and intractable long-term costs and debts that cannot be supported by revenues, it is time for the incumbents facing reelection - and those aspiring to their positions - to define the issues and explain details of their agendas.
Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down
THUMBS DOWN: For the fact that local Ohlone Indians were not even brought into the loop by the Miwok Indians who are floating a proposal to build an Indian casino on Highway 25 close to the intersection with U.S. 101. That shows a lack of respect and, regardless of how early in the process this idea is, the local Native Americans should have been consulted.
County chips away; long term, it isn’t so easy
County supervisors have made some wise, short-term moves as they
Editorial: Hollister council needs a sense of order
It appears Hollister officials have tossed their copy of the Brown Act right out the front door at City Hall.
Record number of calls for fire department points to need
The Hollister Fire Department responded to a record number of calls in 2007 – a further indication that this city's depleted public safety staffing needs a significant boost with the Measure T sales tax dollars set to start flowing in come April.
Access to higher education must be assured
It's one thing to cut programs to achieve cost efficiencies and
Editorial: Pinnacles designation offers opportunity of a lifetime
An opportunity like Pinnacles National Park doesn't come along too often for such a relatively unknown, isolated county like ours, so local business and government leaders must get moving on a plan to claim the “gateway” title and develop strategies to gain the utmost economic benefits from the change.







