Guest View: The other side of the trigger
We are the members of Zach Hilton’s Student City Council Internship Program. We represent different genders, cultures and backgrounds. We are the first generation....
Letter: Not ‘Mission Bells’
If there is only one thing that comes out of our Paseo project, let it be the understanding of the true name of the...
Letter: Make Gourmet Alley bigger and better
It looks like some people want to get a grant to do some new work on the alleyway between Fifth and Sixth streets, somewhat...
Letter: Council needs to revisit bell installation
When I was in fourth grade, I was so proud of the Mission I had constructed with popsicle sticks and glue! Now, however, many...
Guest View: This MLK Day, let’s honor his message
Whenever I think of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, two things come to mind: sales and whitewashing.
As a capitalist nation, we will frequently throw...
Letter: Consolidating Gilroy city commissions
At the Jan. 10 city council meeting, the council voted 5-2 to consolidate our 13 city commissions into nine commissions. For perspective with our...
Letter: We have much to learn from Amah Mutsun
Naka Elelleh has told one side, an important side, of the El Camino Bell story (“These bells don’t jingle,” Dec. 31). But as we...
Guest View, Zach Hilton: Happy New Year
2021 is in the rear-view mirror, and with multiple vaccines for Covid-19 being distributed, we have found a way for our lives to return...
Letter: Do what’s right—get vaccinated
We are now going in reverse (again) because of all the ignorant people who refuse to be vaccinated for Covid-19. I don’t understand it...
Guest View: These bells don’t jingle
When we think of monuments unfit for our current era, we draw our minds to the Confederate statues. While controversial conversations surrounding these statues...
