Editorials

Planning Commissioner Ermelindo Puente hit the nail on the

1. Monetary charges to the dog’s owner just aren’t enough

In the land of endless regulation, higher taxes and more fees, California seems to have declared all-out war on small businesses. The $15 per hour minimum wage increase is just one assault that will cause businesses to re-evaluate how they operate in unfriendly territory. Those workers the state intended to help may be the ones hit the hardest when businesses are forced to decide whether they can pass the increased labor costs along to the consumer our cut back their labor force.

With starting teachers' salaries in the shockingly low range,

Gilroy has all the pieces in place to really start making “economic hay” in the next 5 years. And there’s every reason in the world to start that economic engine ASAP.

The following organizations and individuals deserve either

The ongoing citywide debate over compensation for public safety

A new bill supported by the California Farm Bureau that would

Our local high school seniors will step across stages to accept

Winter rains were the last thing on most Gilroyans' minds