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June 7, 2026

Crying Wolf Over Proposition 13

Once again the alarmists are out crying wolf over alleged

COG threatening small business

Regarding the Council of Government's deliberate expansion of

Letter: Make peace with people everywhere in 2024

Do you hear what I hear? Is this the last song of the past season or is this the first song of the new season, the new year.  “ A sigh, a sigh…..way up in the sky,” written by a Jewish peace loving woman...

GOP immigration plan hurts farmers

As the U.S. House of Representatives continues discussion on proposed immigration legislation, the California Farm Bureau Federation cannot support a part of the bill that addresses agricultural employees. Now before Congress, H.R. 4760, the Securing America’s Future Act, would fund a border wall and address...

Letter: County supervisors discuss change of meeting times 

Sometime between now and Feb. 24, San Benito County Supervisors will discuss whether to change their meeting schedule to respect the people’s right to participation. For more than three years, this has been the primary motivation behind my efforts in local politics.  During those three...

Guest View: Investigate the Gavilan board

In the Gavilan College Measure E performance audit for the year ending June 30, one question has not been adequately answered: How did the auditors conclude that Gavilan College was in compliance with Prop. 39 and that they expended the bond funds only for the authorized and specific projects contained in the full text ballot proposition that was presented to the voters March 2, 2004?

HSD needs a change

Dear Editor,

Go Back to the Drawing Board

Gavilan College's board needs to return to work, for in their

Letter: Toll road is bad policy

This report about the bankruptcy of the Indiana toll road tells us just how bankrupt the VTA-COG toll road plan is, what a bad decision it would be if local elected leaders are foolish enough to try it, and what bad public policy it would be for this and future generations. The bad public policy of taxing people out of their cars, which transit advocates are Hell bent on, would take us on the Road to Serfdom. Instead of steering us into government transport, our local leaders should learn from history and recognize the superior transport for us that self-sufficient motorists and truckers represent. Gas/diesel taxes paid by motorists must be kept for highway uses, not diverted to transit subsidies for government transit systems’ riders. If transit riders need more money to fund transit systems, then they should pay higher fares, not require motorists and truckers to pay higher taxes so local leaders can divert more of our money to pay for their bankruptcy-from-conception transit fiascoes. Why can’t we learn from history?

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