Letters to the editor: Push forward on land use; surrender to Covid-19
With so much at stake we must not let the supervisors drag us backwards. We must push them forward.
Letter to the editor: Keep sending mail
The United States Postal Service is committed to delivering your mail and packages throughout the current pandemic.
Save the local economy
Open letter to the San Benito County Supervisors and Community:
Before March 3, we had Measure K. A ballot measure designed to halt a new zoning ordinance that was applied to four commercial projects at currently developed locations on Highway 101.
Today, on March 24, the...
Letter to the editor: Faith and pregnancy
Re: 10-8-21 Keeping dialogue open on pregnancy, infant loss (Hollister Free Lance, Oct. 8)
A wanted pregnancy ending prematurely called a “miscarriage” causes a great deal of sadness. So much so that when a pregnancy is ended purposefully it causes anger and censure. This piece...
Letter to the editor: Must practice inclusion
Latino inclusion begins with growing and harvesting our food going back at least to my childhood in World War Two. At that time, our mother brought us children to pick string beans in a San Jose field near the soon-to-be Hawaiian Gardens.
Letters to the editor: Thank you to the Hollister Library
Thank you to Hollister Library
I must put pen to paper and express my sincere gratitude to the Hollister Library for making the last year and a half so much better during the pandemic!! They made it possible for me to get every book I...
Letter: Groundwater is vital for life, commerce
National Groundwater Awareness Week is celebrated from March 10-16. It is an annual week of awareness, education and advocacy focusing on one of the nation’s most precious resources.
Groundwater is the water found underground in the cracks and spaces in soil, sand and rock. It...
Letters: Act now for economic development
PORC’s rabid opposition to this zone change is misguided and perplexing when our county is desperate for jobs.
Letter: Why the USA is so divided
I was intrigued by a story I came across regarding a recent poll from UGov, and nearly 40% of all Americans are in favor of seceding from the union. What was even more interesting is that it was pretty even along party lines.
Southern Republicans,...
Letter: Inaction on transportation problems is deadly
Whenever I read about another fatal crossover collision I remember giving the eulogy for Morgan Hill’s Janet Graham at her church. The San Benito County Health Nurse was killed in one of these on Hwy. 25 before COG “leaders” decided to install center dividers.
I...














