Letter: Freedom etched in stone, memories etched in our hearts
Every year on the last Monday of May, we gather not in celebration but to remember.
Memorial Day is a day carved into our national conscience to honor the brave men and women of our armed forces who gave their lives in defense of our...
Letter: Support SB 690 to stop lawsuit abuse
California’s legal system should be used to uphold justice—not to line the pockets of trial lawyers exploiting outdated laws. Yet that’s exactly what’s happening today under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), a criminal wiretapping statute from 1967 that is being twisted into...
Letter: Easter brings Big Bad Wolf to hospital
Re: Hospital proceeds with negotiations, Free Lance, April 18, 2025
Instead of the Easter Bunny, we get the Big Bad Wolf and he is trying to blow the house down. The Easter basket from the San Benito County Health Care District over-flowed with attractive colors,...
Letter: Hospital CEO should be replaced
Re: Insight wants to purchase Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital
Trying to understand Insight is like taking a seat on a ferris wheel, where going round and round and up and down is scary. Some may find the experience thrilling, but eventually the rider gets nowhere.
Insight...
Letter: Health, not money, should be the focus
Re: International film fest returns to SBC, Free Lance, April 4, 2025
If I could I would make a film about our hospital from the last century to this one for the Poppy Jasper Film Festival. The film might begin with a horse-drawn cart ramble...
Letter: House calls are back in San Benito County
Residents of San Benito County are now enjoying something reminiscent of older classic television shows, harkening back to simpler times.
Remember the old TV show “Marcus Welby, MD”? The doctor, with a kind bedside manner, made house calls and was on a first-name basis with...
Letter: Surging Hollister firefighter pay is alarming
Numbers don’t lie with the remarkably unsustainable fiscal path for fire services in San Benito County.
With constant misinformation, I must set the record straight on skyrocketing costs and a broken system needing immediate reform.
If we ignore these warning signs, we will continue tumbling down...
Letters: Downtown streets and high school athletic director
Revisit downtown street configuration
I am very excited that the current Hollister City Council has decided to support the motorcycle rally. If my parents were still here, they would be thrilled.
As the proprietors of the Dabo Hotel, Bar, Restaurant and liquor store that once occupied...
Letter: Water is life
Re: Climate talk focuses on watersheds, Free Lance, March 21, 2025
More than a breath of fresh air or a drink of clear cool water was the group of people who arrived in Aromas to study water, which is life! At a time when governing...
Letter: Close call at HHMH
Re: Hospital law enforcement thwart ransom ware attempt, Free Lance, March 14, 2025
That was a close call! Not when the cat resting under the car wheel dashed off warned by the starter grind when the key turned. It was not then. Not when the...