Opinion

Panelists answered the question: Do you agree with Hollister’s idea to start a print newsletter at a base cost of $20,000 annually plus staffing costs?

The San Benito County General Plan Update has become a general mess and the blame has to fall, primarily, on supervisors. After pouring tons of money and effort into the program for at least three years the board has, essentially, fired the primary consultant and gone back to fighting over settled issues. The only purpose of having a General Plan is the “plan” part, where the county plans for its future. There is now a proposal to strip the plan of any value using bad management as the excuse – we simply can’t afford to do it right.

One of the comments that I have heard frequently is that there is nothing for the kids to do here.  I wish to dispel that myth with the following recent observations.