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March 18, 2026

Our View: Are Gilroy elections legal? Let’s find out.

The June 3, 2015 letter gets right to the point. It starts out, “We have received complaints from Latino citizens and voters…that the use of an at-large city council election system results in Latino vote dilution and prevents Latino voters from electing candidates of their choice.” The letter threatens legal action absent a satisfactory response from the city.

Growth control good for Morgan Hill, what about Gilroy?

Residential growth control in Morgan Hill, known in its various

Is Council out of touch on raises for top city employees?

Keeping in touch with the public is often the subject of much

Middle School Safety Review

The recent rash of gang assaults at Brownell Middle School

Measure B ill conceived and out of step with commuters

There's something disturbing about political leaders who

Red Barn: repurpose, recycle, reuse

The crumbling red barn on the ranch side of Christmas Hill Park may or may not be traceable to one of the area’s most prominent historical figures, cattle baron Henry Miller. While that matters to a degree, the point remains: the red barn is still a part of Gilroy history. The real question is how much the community values that history.

Utility Tax On the Move

New and improved tax would be on the November ballot, but

Selecting a New Trustee

Our View: Monday night, the public is invited to question the

Tracking the Donations

Hiding the campaign cash, taking the easy way out and

Guest Column: Growth doesn’t mean sprawl

When I came to Gilroy in 1980, the Gilroy Dispatch was filled with letters about rampant growth. The development at the time was the Northwest Quadrant. The claims were that Gilroy was sprawling, we were becoming another San Jose and we were losing our small town charm.

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