Water Cooler: Free tuition for community college?
Around the Water Cooler panelists answered the following: Do you agree with President Obama’s proposal to offer free tuition for community college to all students?
County Growth Cap the Will of the People
On Sept, 22, in a column written by Planning Commissioner Mike
Letter: Thoughts on the union issues in Wisc.
Thank you again, Free Lance, for your always-objective
Editorial: Two approaches to county accrual rules
In light of the revelation that San Benito County's overly
After 25 years of AIDS, blind eyes reign supreme
Twenty-five years ago I was working in an art gallery in San
Free Lance Editorial: Adviser’s hiring underscores HSD’s fiscal ineptitude
The Hollister School District's request for a class-size waiver and extension of a contract for an optional fiscal adviser - who acts as a five-figure “final set of eyes” - underscore a cultural acceptance of fiscal irresponsibility.
Editorial: Hollister should include county in bid preference for vendors
It is wise for government officials to use all the tools they can in the tool box when it comes to economic development, so Hollister Council members are on the right path in giving a bidding preference to local vendors that are interested in city contracts. They veered off that path of logic, however, in choosing to exclude businesses in San Benito County that are outside city limits.






