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February 16, 2026

It’s time for some serious pride in ourownselves

It has been more than two months since Gilroy Garlic Festival volume 37 filled Christmas Hill Park and less than two weeks since that magic dollar number appeared as it has each year since this exercise in community bonding and bounty sprouted in a backyard on the highway south of town, across from the Garlic Shoppe. Perhaps fittingly, that shop of garlicky gastronomic delights is owned by the grandsons of one of the growers who introduced garlic processing to our wonderfully pungent environs.

Bravo for the arts center plan

But why do Gilroyans have to wait until 2010 for such an

Editorial: The Dispatch Picks for the 2016 Ballot

The Dispatch recommends

‘Quality of Life’ tax concerns

The Editorial Board has serious concerns about the direction the fledgling “Quality of Life” sales tax or bond proposal is headed. What began as Mayor Don Gage’s idea to see whether Gilroyans would support some sort of tax increase to pay for capital improvement projects has morphed into a tax hike that would support city operations, specifically police and fire protection.

Stepping Up Enforcement

Traffic safety enforcement should become a higher priority for

What? No back-up library plan?

No back-up plan. That's what Gilroy Mayor Tom Springer told

Serious flaws in the city’s proposal

An overhaul of impact fees

A case of uncommon unfairness

It's hard to make a case that Robert Orabuena has been treated

Wal-Mart gets the green light

It seems that the great simmering Wal-Mart Supercenter

Strip club owner should pack up his pole-dancing proposal

If the proposed strip club gets through the official process at

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