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January 19, 2026

Huston will be excellent supervisor

I sat on the San Benito County Water District Board of Directors

Letter: Thank you for saving us from Big Oil

With the 10-year anniversary of Measure J’s victory fast approaching, I write this letter to acknowledge a debt of gratitude to all of those who stood up against Big Oil.  I owe an especially large debt of gratitude to all of the former members of...

Letter: Prevent more damage, go electric

Like the TV commercial that promotes a squeeze product in a tube to repair damage, our county wants us to prepare for the next damage. According to the Free Lance, our county wants us to attend a workshop and to respond to a survey...

Letter: Let’s work together to vaccinate the world

Will another Dr. Jonas Salk bring an end to this Covid pandemic? Have people not known or have forgotten what living in a polio epidemic was like? Let me remind you. A lifetime of paralysis, iron lung living or death were proximate outcomes for...

A lesson for COG from the high seas

Our Court of Appeal has provided COG's Directors and local

Letter: Disappointed in surveillance

Horrible News to hear that there will be CONSTANT SURVEILLANCE downtown now with license plate readers, and local authorities snooping on everyone’s license plate. Not right that the public does not have a chance to weigh in!  It’s PUBLIC SPACE, and the public needs to...

Letters to the Editor

The following letters were submitted to the Free Lance.

Letter: San Jose resident concerned about San Benito fracking

While I am not a resident of San Benito County, I am concerned about the potential for fracking in your area. My friend lives in a very seismically stable area in Oklahoma that rarely experienced earthquakes. Since fracking began in her region, they routinely get quakes in the 3 - 4 range, and sometimes into the 5's. Her concrete kitchen floor has cracked so badly from all the earth movement that it must be replaced. I can't image how fracking would impact an already seismically unstable area. Do you really want injection wells lubricating your fault system?

The truth will always win out

I'm saddened to see that once again the owners of the Pinnacle

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