Letter: Horrified by consultant’s role
I was horrified to read the grim news that our public officials, AKA public servants, hired consultants to “polish their image.” This revelation affected me as if I drove by an accident and noticed the red ooze from the door frame and the crunched metal of the vehicle. With this shameful printed disclosure the red ooze becomes precious taxpayer funds dripping on the wreck of our democracy. This special hiring could be misinterpreted as a cover-up for misdeeds or neglect.
Our View: Grand Jury Does SJB a Favor
The county's Civil Grand Jury did San Juan Bautista's residents a huge service when it delivered a stinging rebuke to both the city and the county water district for their combined failure to resolve a dispute that is putting an overhaul of the Mission City's dilapidated water collection system at risk.
City council should reject parking enforcement
In considering reinstatement of parking enforcement downtown, city officials are seeking a solution for a problem that does not exist and they are doing so, curiously, after the recent opening of the new Highway 25 bypass, intended to reduce traffic in that same merchant-heavy area.
Guest view: Trade policies leave workers even more vulnerable during pandemic
The economic downturn that the world is facing today as a result of Covid-19 may have been unavoidable. But the level to which so many of our neighbors are struggling today has been compounded greatly by the recent economic history of the United States, in which the economic security of working families has been sacrificed on the altar of corporate profits.
Guest View: Richman has array of proposals for economy
The first and most important step in securing our future is to place the goal of increasing private sector jobs and economic activity at the top of the priority list alongside public safety. That is the only way we can prosper without regressive taxes and fees. Things that have the attention of leadership usually get done.
Editorial: Getting past biases about rap and black culture
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