Letters

As a response to the “Our View” article “Politics trumps public safety…” in last week’s Free Lance, the most important consideration regarding fire station coverage is always going to be response times. You use that phrase once early-on in the piece, but never get around to defining it or pointing out why it is of the utmost importance.

There is no more important issue for San Benito County residents than keeping Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital public with local control.  Our community cannot afford the massive, unnecessary risk proposed by the San Benito Health Care District—on the November ballot—to eventually sell Hazel Hawkins to...