Letter: Councilmember found time for Israel. Gilroy is still waiting
I was in the Gilroy council chambers in February 2024 when well over 100 people packed the room for a Gaza ceasefire resolution. More...
From the Publisher: Public art gives Gilroy a little more personality
A city is more than its roads, buildings and parking lots. It is also the places, images and creative touches that make residents stop,...
Letter: Gilroy aims to keep students safe traveling to school
Elementary school classrooms and campuses build the foundation of civic duties and community. Since 2015, through the adopted Safe Routes to School Action Plan...
From the Publisher: Meta settlement money should make its way home
California could soon receive as much as $2.1 billion from Meta as part of a settlement over allegations that Facebook and Instagram were designed...
Letter: AI should learn to let humanity grow
The Joe Heller cartoon of Sept. 18 (Opinion page) portrays an AI robot angered by dire warnings of disaster followed by a robotic smile...
Guest View: Why Gilroy is pausing new data center applications
At our Sept. 14 meeting, the Gilroy City Council unanimously approved a temporary citywide moratorium on new data centers.
This action immediately paused the acceptance,...
Letter: Fact-check the transportation advocates
Fact-checking Hollister Free Lance; fact-checking Gilroy Dispatch; fact-checking Morgan Hill Times?
About those articles that you published about transit having a “balanced budget,” so claimed...
Guest View: A picnic by the lake: Culture, community and connection
As the leaves begin to turn and neighborhoods across Santa Clara County welcome a much-needed October breeze, I am honored to be rolling out...
Letter: Councilmember uses faulty conclusion to justify crackdown in Gilroy
Last week on a Facebook post related to Gilroy’s enforcement of its Sidewalk Vending Ordinance, Gilroy City Councilmember Terence Fugazzi stated word for word...
Letter: Dolly’s gifts made the world a better place
This week (Free Lance, Sept. 4 edition) Joe Heller’s opinion page cartoon seems vacant as it depicts a multi-labeled coat simply identified as “Dolly”...
