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December 2, 2025

Guest View: Unions make major push

This has been a year of labor unrest in California, a state in which unions represent a relatively small faction of the state’s workforce but wield great political power. The most obvious example is the protracted strikes of actors and writers in Southern California’s iconic...

Good to wrap up a contract with teachers

Congratulations to the Gilroy Unified School District and its

Gilroy spends approximately 80 percent of the annual General Fund budget on police and fire. That’s …

• Too much. The police budget may be justifiable and necessary. However, fire protection is redundant and inefficient. We do not need them as first response medical responders, the vast majority of their services. The Council should reconsider consolidating GFD with County fire protection.

Letter: Even Democrats are running from Obama’s jobs plan

For more than a month, President Obama and other liberals have

Mayor should earn $80,000

To the Editor, We should consider paying our mayor $80,000 salary plus benefits. This is a small amount compared to what other public employees are paid. Our city is way generous. Gilroy is a diverse city of 50,000 Gilroyans made up of Silicon Valley professionals,...

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