Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down
THUMBS DOWN: For the fact that local Ohlone Indians were not even brought into the loop by the Miwok Indians who are floating a proposal to build an Indian casino on Highway 25 close to the intersection with U.S. 101. That shows a lack of respect and, regardless of how early in the process this idea is, the local Native Americans should have been consulted.
Health insurance, who’s responsible? Not your employer
Certainly not your employer as most people tend to think.
Guest View: Why not forget The Alamo?
In the movie “Born in East L.A.”, Cheech Marin is swept up in a factory immigration-raid and dumped in Mexico. (Though Cheech has only been to Mexico to vacation in Margaritaville.) Our All-American “Dreamers” might relive Cheech’s nightmare. We can thank right-wing, “Remember the Alamo!” ambushes on the Obama-inspired, but bipartisan, Senate Gang of Ocho’s long-overdue “path to citizenship.”
Guest View: Don’t tell your kids, ‘I can’t do the math’
A few days ago, Phil Gonsalves, Mathematics instructor at the








