Guest View: Business owner frustrated by parking enforcement
Is it really necessary to make life more difficult for the meager amount of Hollister residents that are fortunate enough to have jobs downtown? The on-again off-again two hour parking rule and the $38.00 citations that go along with it may finally be adding a little money to our cities empty coffers but at whose cost? In these lousy economic times there is usually plenty of parking available downtown. The people that that are truly affected by the two-hour parking rule, and the ones paying most of the fees, are the people who work downtown.
Mayoral candidates’ guest views on the economy
The following are links to guest views submitted by the four candidates for mayor. They answered the question: What is your plan to spur economic development in Hollister?
Guest View: Snow wants to boost economy by creating jobs
My name is Keith Snow. My vision on creating a SPUR in the economic development for the city of Hollister – for one I will be an honest and loyal mayor for my city to me that is important. I want to boost the economic development by, creating local jobs. I want to bring back the idea of Wal-Mart which would create lots of jobs. I want to bring lots of businesses to our city we all know more businesses mean more customers more people will stop here instead of passing us by and more businesses mean more jobs! Which has taken a large hurt on the people since the big economic depression around the world? I want better business marketing programs to go in and work with the businesses so they can stay in business and prosper. We need to help each other not let each other fall short by any means. We definitely need to stop wasteful spending we need to prepare and be punctual with our budget it should be a priority to maintain. I received a phone call on Aug. 28th about the budget and I want to help as much as I can, there is a lot of resources out there. Such as a company called Moody’s which is a financial company from all over the world that helps in all sorts of way like budgets, financial advisors, helps cities to prosper up to 40 years longer, it has lots of useful tools and helps save cities money.
Guest View: Richman has array of proposals for economy
The first and most important step in securing our future is to place the goal of increasing private sector jobs and economic activity at the top of the priority list alongside public safety. That is the only way we can prosper without regressive taxes and fees. Things that have the attention of leadership usually get done.
