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Community Opinions

COMMENTARY: Tribute for Martha Moses

Published 01/22/2019
BenitoLink Staff

In this contributed commentary, resident Joan Sattler shares a tribute on her friend Martha Moses.

Comic credit: I. Chapa. Provided by Catherine Booth-Vaughan.

Community Opinions

COMMUNITY OPINION: Who’s Driving?

Published 12/04/2019
Catherine Eva Booth-Vaughan

Catherine Booth-Vaughan writes about her first experience at a Hollister City Council meeting.

San Benito Lifestyle

Victorian Home Christmas Tour scheduled for Dec. 7

Published 12/01/2019
BenitoLink Staff

This is the second year for the tour of historic Victorian homes in San Benito County.

Community Opinions

COLUMN: Five solutions for alarming congestion on rural backroads

Published 11/18/2019
Kollin Kosmicki

District 2 Supervisor candidate Kollin Kosmicki contends the county must address rapidly increasing use of rural backroads and offers ideas to help alleviate the problem.

Community Opinions

COLUMN: Slow growth, road repairs and job creation are interrelated priorities

Published 11/07/2019
Kollin Kosmicki

District 2 supervisor candidate Kollin Kosmicki makes the case that good employers are looking for desirable communities where leaders see beyond the short term.

Community Opinions

COLUMN: Roads are chaotic mess due to rapid housing growth

Published 10/22/2019
Kollin Kosmicki

District 2 Supervisor candidate Kollin Kosmicki writes that less building is the only way to prevent further misery, tragedy on local highways.

Community Opinions

COMMUNITY OPINION: Keeping the camel’s nose out of someone else’s tent

Published 10/15/2019
Marty Richman

“The camel's nose is a metaphor for a situation where the permitting of a small, seemingly innocuous act will open the door for larger, clearly undesirable actions.” – Wikipedia.

Kollin Kosmicki for District 2 Supervisor. Photo provided.

Community Opinions

COLUMN: Slow Growth While Roads Are Upgraded

Published 10/10/2019
Kollin Kosmicki

Kollin Kosmicki, candidate for District 2 supervisor in San Benito County, shares his plan to slow housing growth and prevent further congestion on the roads.

Housing being constructed in Hollister. Photo by John Chadwell.

Community Opinions

COMMUNITY OPINION: Hollister’s new growth management ordinance

Published 09/13/2019
Marty Richman

Hollister Councilman Marty Richman writes that the new growth management ordinance satisfies the city's needs and state requirements.

Community Opinions

COMMUNITY OPINION: A well planned process

Published 09/09/2019
Eduardo Navarro

County Planning Commissioner Eduardo Navarro writes about the proposed Highway 101 commercial nodes.

San Benito County locals Maria Cortez, Maria Fabian, Elena Olsvold, Mary Woodill, Father Alberto Cabrera, Bev Miller and Alejandro Oseguera traveled to Sacramento on Aug. 28 to discuss SB 24 with State Assemblyman Robert Rivas. Photos provided by Bev Miller.

Community Opinions

COMMUNITY OPINION: Locals visit Sacramento to discuss abortion pill bill

Published 09/03/2019
Bev Miller

Community member Bev Miller writes about her trip with a SJB priest and five others to speak with legislators about SB 24 and chemical abortion pills on college campuses.