Opinion

Re: Ballot drive seeks to preserve county’s farmland, Free Lance 2-4-22 When I hear the overhead grind of a single engine aircraft in the quiet sky of my area it gets my attention. I often wonder what view presents itself to the pilot of this...

Get to know “Don’t Dump on San Benito!” Friends and neighbors of San Benito County started a grassroots organization called “Don’t Dump on San Benito” when we learned about the proposed John Smith Road Landfill (JSRL) expansion.  Waste Connections, the landfill operator, is proposing a...

Winter storms brought significant snowfall to the Sierra Nevada and other California mountains in December. Snowpack is critical for the state’s spring water outlook because when the snow melts it runs downhill into streams that fill reservoirs that hold about 30% of the state’s...

On reading the letter from Randy Logue in the Opinion section of the Feb. 4 Free Lance, the irony of his letter and its position against 12-year-olds being capable of making sound healthcare decisions is remarkable.  The inaccuracies and astoundingly poor reasoning exhibited in the...

I saw on an internet news post that California was considering allowing 12-year-olds to take the Covid vaccine without their parents’ permission. I thought, even in California this couldn’t possibly be true, then I saw it in the paper and spoke to several people...

Re: California & Dan Walters 1/21 & 1/28/ 22 It seems that Dan Walters answers his own question. The voters have spoken. I think that is what democracy is about! Thinking that the voters may not want undocumented workers to benefit from free healthcare, this writer...

The San Benito County Democratic Central Committee (which represents registered Democrats throughout the county) has created a position for a youth  member—someone between the ages of 16 and 25.  This step has been taken because young people have an interest in the direction and future of...

Re: Out with the old, Free Lance 1/14/22 Not everything old is an old Christmas tree, but what a good idea it is to get rid of everything old.  For instance, just because we enjoyed a couple of downpours in December we can forget about...

California’s drought is not over despite a bounty of snowfall and rain over the past month: California’s snowpack—a critical source of water—is 150% of average for early January. But it’s not enough to bring an end to the severe drought and water shortages. California still needs about another...

Interesting how two people can look at the same object and come away with different meanings, like Naka Elelleh sees the Mission Bell road marker as oppressing natives (“These bells don’t jingle,” Dec. 31) while another like me sees the beginning layers of California...