Letter: Gas taxes wasted on public sector transit
How much sooner would we have highway improvements if we didn't waste gas taxes and vehicle fees on boondoggle public sector transit? If we didn't run all those empty buses around? If we didn't pretend that public sector transit was beneficial, and cover up...
It’s Time for Defiance Not Compliance
I graduated high school in New York State, long before the days of exit exams. In New York, there were two types of diplomas you could receive upon graduation, the standard diploma or the Regents diploma. My school required that all graduates must pass the Regents exams and receive a Regents diploma, and so every member of my class did just that. My parents knew the requirements going in, and I and my classmates knew those requirements, and so we followed the rules and successfully graduated.
Guest column: Schools superintendent makes the case for Measure E
At this time, we’re housing our children in school buildings where their own parents attended classes 30 or 40 years ago. The average age of schools in the Gilroy Unified School District is 30 years old and five schools are more than 50 years old. The District has taken great care of the schools but they need to be renovated and rebuilt.
Guest View: It’s time to power up our local newspaper
In March 1870, the California state legislature approved an act allowing Gilroy to incorporate and become a full-fledged city. The Gilroy Advocate, our first newspaper, began publishing a weekly edition only a year earlier. The Dispatch, which came later, absorbed the Advocate in May...
$6.3 million in GUSD budget cuts – difficult choices ahead
Gilroy Unified School District has allowed the financial storm










