Letters

A few months back, I sent out a questionnaire to people throughout the 12th Senate District. I asked a lot of questions about the policy issues that I vote on when I'm up in Sacramento. To be a good representative, I believe it's important to get input from the people affected by these policies.

On behalf of the local Democratic Party, I am inviting San

San Benito County is rich with artists. Every day there are

The draft COG Regional Transportation Plan for 2005, which was

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The photograph by Nick Lovejoy was a beautiful shot of the S-2

My wife and I attended the candidates night at the Aromas Grange and were not impressed with Art Medina. Mr. Medina said he decided to run for supervisor “at the last minute.” This bothered us as the supervisors’ position is not one you just step into as the learning curve is too steep, particularly now. For a candidate expressing a need for transparency in government, his answers to questions involved “political speak,” were vague in nature, and some were filled with innuendo rather than facts. For instance, he said he “knows someone in the position to know” that there are several large developments ready to be started. He mentioned one that is on board and a couple that have been stalled, or stopped, for years. One project he mentioned is not on anyone’s radar and is probably nonexistent. Transparency?

Now that the year is over and we have survived all the troubles,

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