State budget process rotten to the core
There's plenty to quibble about in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's
Re-elect Sheriff Laurie Smith to sixth term
In two decades as the county’s sheriff, Laurie Smith’s legacy includes both accomplishments and mistakes, and as she runs for a sixth four-year term, her challengers have sought to direct attention to the latter.
Smith’s department’s investigation led to the successful prosecution of  Sierra LaMar’s...
Trustee would do well to reconsider
Gilroy Unified School District Trustee David McRae has laid down
Mental illness doesn’t explain gun violence
The notion that mental illness drives the current spate of mass shootings is a dangerous oversimplification. Some shooters, such as the Aurora. Col., movie theater gunman James Holmes, yes, have had diagnosed mental illness, while others have not. To unfairly stereotype people with conditions...










