Letter: Measure Q would rob the county of revenue
I am writing today to provide my perspective on Measure Q. Measure Q would remove almost all the commercial nodes from the county’s General Plan and force any projects which seek to rezone agricultural land for other uses to be subject to a countywide...
Ten years ago today, a columnist is born
Ten years ago today my first column was published by the Free
Why I opposed Eckert
Unfortunately, Hollister’s botched first round in its search for a new city manager has become a political football. I believe that it’s vital for our residents to know the facts so they can be confident that the majority are making decisions in the best...
Finding votes in the middle of somewhere
Most people think the three most important issues in the 2006
Guest View: Another terrifying near-shutdown
In Washington, D.C., it’s legal now to donate one ounce of pot to your favorite congressman. But anti-Latino-immigrant Tea Partiers’ threats to hold hostage our terrorism-fighting Department of Homeland Security show that legal recreational pot hasn’t mellowed out those Tea-Partying congressmen.






