Opinion

A Mother Grieves, and Gives Thanks to Hollister

In the spirit of the recent Pride edition's

Partnership makes sense for all

I am somewhat amazed to see the alleged Supervisor supporters of

Thumbs up for county supervisors who made it easier to see who is contributing to county elected officials' campaigns. The supervisors voted to post everyone'sForm 460 – which details contributions and must be filed by all candidates – on the Internet. That shines a welcome ray of sunshine on the source of the cash that fuels all races. Supervisors also deserve kudos for beginning to develop a plan to limit campaign spending and donations. We hope the restrictions are reasonable enough to allow candidates to collect enough to fund a campaign, but stringent enough to allow newcomers to compete with incumbents.

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Hollister Motorcycle Rally did a great job resurrecting the

In November 2008, California voters passed Proposition 1A, the High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act, 53 percent to 47 percent. It authorized $9.95 billion in general obligation bonds to help, ostensibly, fund a $40 billion, 800-mile bullet train. Now, only three years later with nothing built the estimated costs have skyrocketed to $98.5 billion, the completion date has been pushed out nine years to 2033, and the maximum annual ridership estimate has shrunk by 18 million. At what point do the misstatements or gross errors that formed the original premise of Prop 1A invalidate the election results?