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The nasty business of campaigning

A welcome opposing view

It's mind-boggling that folks at both ends of Pennsylvania

Hollister VFW Post 9242 will award a $100 check to the winner of this year’s Patriot Pen Essay Contest, and $25 checks to runner-ups. The contest is open to students in grades 6-8 in public, private schools as well as home school students. Rules and entry forms may be obtained at the office of the county superintendent on Fifth Street or at vfw.org. The deadline for submission is Nov. 1. This year’s theme is “What Patriotism means to me”. Any school that would like me to come speak to students about this contest can call to arrange a visit. Entries may be submitted to my address. Call (831) 638-1703 or my address is 860 Marne Drive, Hollister, 95023.

Five years into his administration President Bush has proposed a

Hallelujah!

I have followed the case about Corbett La Grand for quite some

“Ding dong the Witch is dead!” The witch in this case is the Hollister Redevelopment Agency. For example, imagine, if you will an agency which agreed to rent the entire Porter House for $4,000 per month to house a handful of employees; a $5 million downtown firehouse for a handful of firefighters; please. It becomes all too apparent that spending practices are grossly out of whack. The RDA is a spending engine! And the City of Hollister simply cannot afford an indulgent RDA.