Water Cooler: Has the US economy improved in the past year?
Question of the week: Do you believe the U.S. economy has improved in the past year? The vote was split 3-3.
Editorial: City should fix veterans building problems before exchange
The city got itself into a mess with the Veterans Memorial Building and should fix the problems before handing them off to the nonprofit sector.
Water Cooler: English classes to read more nonfiction than fiction
Around the Water Cooler panelists answered the following question: Do you agree with changes to national English curriculum standards that call for replacing most fiction reading with nonfiction texts in classrooms?
Editorial: Hollister officials made a right turn on taxi law
In far too many instances, city officials in Hollister have gone to absurd lengths by impeding a free flow of commerce.
Water Cooler: Hostess unions to blame for company’s demise?
Question of the week: Do you blame the Hostess unions for the company's demise?
Guest View: Limitation on lease options to renew
Many commercial leases have options to renew in which the tenant has the right to renew the lease for a specified period of time. Most leases state if there is one or several options to renew the lease. A recent California case determined that if a lease is ambiguous as to whether there is one or more options to renew, then the lease will be determine to have only one option to renew.
