Guest View: Johnny’s owner laments over last week’s stories
As a prominent business owner in Hollister for almost eighteen years I’ve heard the statement, “Why is your city so stupid?” so often that if I had a dime for every time I heard it I could have retired by now. I don’t read the Free Lance as often as I should because I repeat the question to myself after doing so and my reaction to this Friday’s issue was no exception.
Letter: Bombs on the Middle East are not a clowning matter
Reading your piece (Sept. 5 Free Lance), “Clowns stage theatrical protest at bomb component facility” got my attention. I could visualize the glittery jackets and red noses and plungers but the point of the antics was no laughing matter.
Seriously, the point of the plungers...
Letters: Reopen schools; vaccine myths
Reopen schools now
The time for talking is over, THE SCHOOLS IN CALIFORNIA NEED TO BE REOPENED IMMEDIATELY! San Benito County has an interesting record in terms of schools. Many rural schools in San Benito County have been open for in person instruction since August,...
Marty: The pear-shaped world of the future
My wife and I have two children in their 40s, four grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Two of the grand children are in their 20s and two are just entering primary school; our great-grandchild is just a toddler and I wonder what the future holds in store for the all of them and their families – what will the world will be like in 35 or 70 years?
Letter: Magnificent people of Hollister
Clearly, we are all living in a stressful, difficult time. It is alarming that according to the Public Health Department, every year the number of mental health cases are growing.
This is not surprising because we experience the constant stress of prices going up, while...
Guest view: Planet Earth – love it or leave it
Good farmers knows it’s bad business to “treat Earth like dirt.”








