Opinion

The city makes things more complex than what they are. They seem like they are doing their job and acting like they are, but they really are not. They are out of touch with reality. When the election was over, I knew from what someone had told me and what I read in the newspaper, that they wanted to build a water treatment plant. I knew before the election, but they would not answer me. As of today, I still have not received any documents that I requested on this from the county water district. So why, knowing that people cannot afford to pay their bills as it is. That will only raise the water bill each month probably double. It's up to their discretion. City council made that vote. They implemented it to create a huge debt for the city and the tax payers, which are us. They do not want to take no responsibility at all. And you the people vote for them. Everyone, who is there on the council,.

We found the responses to last week’s “Around the Water Cooler” question to be very interesting. They seemed to go with the political leaning each respondent has exhibited judging from past commentaries. Ruth Erickson provided the best response and Richard Herrera really has no clue! Mr. Herrera, it is not the responsibility of the IRS to specifically target groups or individuals; they are there to work impartially for all Americans as governed by our tax laws. In this case they chose to target conservative groups who were not in line with the current administration, and hence are the ones responsible for making this a hot political issue. What they did was wrong!

I believe the description that you printed of my comments regarding the County Board of Supervisors were taken out of context because you did and include that I also said, “If you do feel it necessary to address the national debate on immigration reform, I would think it would be suffice to state that the city of Hollister 1) believes that immigration reform should be addressed, 2) cares about its residents, 3) supports keeping families intact, and 4) needs an adequate labor force, of which immigrants are a key component” and the point I was making was that the supervisors should not be addressing specific policies better taken at the federal level.