Opinion

With the mayor’s surprise resignation, the fast-track approval of a massive annexation initiative and the word that the council will appoint a replacement on Jan. 4, Gilroy residents should be asking some tough questions. What’s really happening over there at City Hall?

My great-grandfather was a bishop in a small Christian denomination who got his start preaching on street corners. Crowds gathered to hear his message of God’s love. Eventually he founded a church in Dayton, Ohio’s poorest district, leading standing-room-only services. I admire my great-grandfather,...