Letters

Dear Editor,

The first sentence of the Land Use Element of the San Benito County General Plan Draft states:  “San Benito County has land use regulatory authority over all unincorporated land in the county…”

By Marty Richman

I have heard complaints from parents that school homework is excessive. The research agrees with them. Respected education scholars, such as Alfie Kohn and Robert J. Marzano, have weighed in on the side of students and parents.  Researchers explain that excessive homework does not benefit children, often forces children to stay up too late at night, frustrates their learning, interferes with quality family time and there is no evidence that children’s education improves significantly with homework. Furthermore, if homework is supposed to close the “achievement gap” it does not, because students who have better resources at home benefit the most from homework.

I am the ex-wife of Miguel Acosta. Our two children are Andrea

Dear Editor:

President Bush's environmental policies are no more than

We must contact our congressional representatives immediately

My name is Jose Palacios. I have known Keith Snow for about 10 years. He is a caring, honest, and a hard-working man. Now that Keith is running for mayor I believe he will make a great candidate. I endorse Keith Snow for Hollister city mayor.