Opinion

Re: Hospital board appeals Chapter 9 bankruptcy, Free Lance 4/5/24 We have a mystery theater. The title is, "Who Killed the Hospital?” The time is now. The place is right here in Hollister.  Scenes: The hospital board meeting on the second floor of the Services Building....

The Free Lance has praised the Hollister School District for being open and waiting to put a bond in the election. Open because they said they “will have to refine the project list” or open because they said they don't know what projects they want to do so they are waiting. The paper also stated of San Benito High School District, “Much of the discourse has been about narrowing the project list – a long slate of ideas”.  The paper uses a negative description for SBHS District. The Free Lance sounds as if it is campaigning for HSD. Whatever this paper’s issues are with SBHS District, you realize that the students will pay for your tactics. You can try to convince yourself it is about the SBHS district but the district will eventually serve the majority of this community’s children.  

Hollister's mayoral position is a default leadership role in some respects because it is not elected by the citywide populace. As Hollister climbs from the depths of a six-year sewer-connection moratorium – all the while during a national recession – this city needs more than a mere figurehead in its top political job. There is, on the contrary, a crucial necessity for more.

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