Community Opinion Archives

Children being read to during story time at the San Benito County Free Library. File photo.

Marty Richman says that leadership means getting out front with the right answer, not just counting votes or making excuses.

COMMUNITY OPINION: When parents reach out to school board members

Published 08/07/2019
Rob Bernosky

HSD Trustee Rob Bernosky writes about the recently adopted student cell phone use policy that states phones must be off during school hours.

COMMUNITY OPINION: Exploring the universe is our destiny

Published 07/17/2019
Marty Richman

July 20 will be the 50th anniversary of humans landing on the moon; what does it foretell?

COMMUNITY OPINION: Free Lance article on Hollister Salaries: Incompetence or Fake News?

Published 07/05/2019
Marty Richman

Hollister Councilman Marty Richman says if you're going to do a compensation analysis, it's better if you have some idea of what you're talking about.

COMMUNITY OPINION: The right answer for Highway 101 commercial nodes

Published 06/25/2019
Marty Richman

Hollister Councilman Marty Richman writes that the answer to the commercial node issue is in the county's General Plan.

Kollin Kosmicki in San Juan Bautista. Photo provided

COLUMN: Kollin Kosmicki announces bid for District 2 supervisor

Published 05/30/2019
Kollin Kosmicki

Longtime local journalist launches campaign, says he's ready to lead.

COMMUNITY OPINION: An elected official speaks out about the elected

Published 05/14/2019
Rob Bernosky

Recent meetings of the Hollister City Council and San Benito County Board of Supervisors have shown a lot of bad behavior by some of our elected. We should look to understand why, and ask participants to do better.

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COMMUNITY OPINION: The unaccountability of illegal occupancy

Published 05/08/2019
Marty Richman

Marty Richman says that while the debate over growth rates drones on, anecdotal evidence and indications of increased illegal occupancies abound.

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COMMUNITY OPINION: Grand Jury

Published 04/23/2019
Kenneth Kovanda

This community opinion was contributed by community member Kenneth Kovanda. The opinions expressed do not necessarily represent BenitoLink or other affiliated contributors. I served on the Grand Jury for two years and back then our budget was $19,000, but we had to pay rent to use a room at the sheriff’s office that came out of our budget. We