Opinion

In a historic vote on Monday, Nov. 7, I along with the Gilroy City Council unanimously approved a resolution to honor Cesar Chavez Day as a recognized and observed holiday for the City of Gilroy! I was honored to have championed the resolution to set...

Dear Mr. Shatner, Our town was captivated by your gratitude when the Tognetti family returned your lost wallet. In return, I want to share two Gilroy connections of which you are probably unknown. First, did you know the helmsman and engineer of the USS Enterprise was...

Community colleges have in the past been considered a great opportunity to many, even those who come from the first generation. At the end of 2019, the California College Promise Program offered two years of free tuition for first-time students who took full-time courses...

Trump, Elon Musk, Tesla, Laurie Smith, Parkland shooter life, magic mushrooms, North Korea, Powerball, Republicans, Democrats, Gavin Newsom, ballots, opioids, homicide in Oakland, inflation, Covid-19, storms, drought, hurricanes, Mr. Pelosi attacked, sheriff guilty from jury, San Jose at a 25-year high for pedestrian deaths...

Recently the Appellate Court in Texas held that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was not legal. This is regrettable. For over 22 years I have been a volunteer with the Gilroy Citizenship/Educational Programs, where we provide immigration services to the Gilroy community and...

Gilroy has a housing shortage and our low and middle-income households face historic rent burden. Undersupply of “Missing Middle” housing, or medium density housing near jobs and transit, is one of the key factors contributing to the displacement and rent burden of our residents.  In...

I was greatly alarmed by a letter to the editor published in the Oct. 21 issue. Based on no evidence, Mr. Kirkish undermines the integrity of elections—a serious and pervasive problem currently threatening democracy throughout our country. If Mr. Kirkish has grievances regarding Councilwoman...

I contacted the City Council earlier this year about swastikas spray painted at Carriage Hills Park. Councilmembers Hilton, Marques and Armendariz all contacted me personally because I felt threatened, worked to have the graffiti removed, and kept me updated about the process.  I was thus...

Have you heard of a “dog whistle” in politics? It’s political shorthand for a phrase that may sound OK to some people, but which also communicates something more insidious—a covert appeal to some noxious set of views.  We just got a political flier from Dion...

It has come to my attention that Councilmember Armendariz is personally recruiting on her Facebook page for a non-Gilroy-based far-left progressive ballot harvesting organization called GroundWorks. This organization is not local but is a statewide group paying people to go door-to-door to influence voters....