Editorial: Traffic-fee hike too high all at once
San Benito County's Board of Supervisors recently increased traffic impact fees for developers from $20,400 per residential building permit to $23,853 – a hefty raise that should have been phased in over several years rather than dumped on builders' laps all at once.
Free Lance Editorial: With mussels, feds move at a snail’s pace
It is simply inexcusable and reflective of a larger problem: The federal government has dragged its feet in responding to the zebra mussel infestation of San Justo Reservoir and, in the meantime, has put a freeze on the recreational spot's economic potential in the community.





