Editorials

Many of the holidays we are supposed to "celebrate" are actually considered just another day off from work, despite their well-intentioned meaning.

I missed another Lights On in downtown Hollister last Saturday. I'm sad about that, because it's one of my favorite Hollister events. But when you work in retail, it's open season on your Saturdays, and we had an event to attend out of town after I got off.

Veterans Day in Hollister once again included a beautiful set of

The Hollister City Council faces nearly insurmountable challenges regarding the annual biker rally, little time and diminishing hope against a swell of disappointment with any foreseeable outcome.

My normal beat is local politics. If I can, I like to throw in a splash of state and national items and some backdoor philosophy and kibitzing, but this time of year is what I call the political doldrums. The elections are over, the holidays are around the corner and everyone in the public eye is just tuckered out. Professional and college football dominates the news and the NBA is embarking on their meaningless regular season. I call it the longest set of exhibition games in the history of humanity. It's difficult to get worked up about anything political this time of the year, so I thought you might be interested in how I write my columns.

HPD tracks OT, but has no database

Fact: Governor Schwarzenegger recently announced that the hard-fought state budget is already obsolete, because of falling tax revenues from failing businesses. The eleven-billion dollar shortfall is going to require both new sources of revenue and more cuts in services.

Few people whose names were not on this month's ballot had as

The people have spoken; yes, I know it's a cliche, but there are