Pinnacle Editorial: Downtown businesses should use courthouse construction to spur economy
San Benito County is about to get a significant economic boost with construction of the San Benito County Courthouse, and the activity should reemphasize the importance of keeping this monumental project downtown.
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, especially since the Second World War. Why is that?
Ask any senior officer. She or he will explain that it’s because...
Free Lance Editorial: Racism claim is a big leap
While leaders can always improve on considerations of ethnicity in schools, San Benito High School Trustee Raymond Rodriguez took a superfluous leap in contending differing drug-awareness presentations – one in English, the other in Spanish – were a reflection of institutional racism.
Overtime pay should be a focus of spending talks
While the city's total overtime figure for the last fiscal year is astounding – because at $916,000 it's more than 6 percent of the general fund budget – the important question is, what will officials do with the additional Measure T revenue to ensure tax dollars are maximized and workers don't get burned out?
Hollister Can Get Its Own Rocky Mountain High – Just Look East
Standing at my kitchen sink, I can look past my backyard fence
Free Lance Editorial: Hollister council loses control at hearing
Councilwoman Pauline Valdivia tainted the debate last week about an affordable housing proposal by not only veering the discussion and making a ludicrous claim that there is no proof of illegal immigrants living on Hollister's west side, but also spuriously painting others as discriminatory in the process.
Partnership for jail re-entry serves to increase chances
With a lingering deadline for applications on state-funded jail