Editorials: Balancing budgets will require help from everyone
Councilman Larry Carr said it best when he told reporter Michael
Live Oak grad enters Swimming Hall of Fame
Cheers to 1989 Live Oak High School grad Jill Sudduth Smith, who last Saturday was enshrined in the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. She won a gold medal in synchronized swimming team event at the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta, Ga.
A creative approach needed for redevelopment efforts
The California Supreme Court's decision backing Governor Jerry Brown's plan to eliminate redevelopment agencies and take control of their cash and assets, threatens the city's ability to continue redevelopment efforts.
Vote now on Charter petition
Morgan Hill Unified School District trustees should make up their minds and vote – as it’s legally required to do – next week on whether to accept or reject the petition by Navigator Schools to open an elementary school.
Morgan Hill 2035: Get it done in 2 years
Mayor Steve Tate is right on point in pushing for the city’s comprehensive General Plan update to be done in two years. Yes, the three-year outline is impressive in bulk and style, but with some editing and creative compression there’s nothing in the plan that the city can’t accomplish in two years time.
Editorial: Rivas for Assembly
Five candidates are running for California Assembly District 30, and two have emerged as serious contenders to represent the region’s half million residents. The district includes south Santa Clara County and San Benito County and is currently represented by Anna Caballero, who is running for state senate.
Right idea to use RDA money to improve downtown
The city’s decision to spend a bulk of the remaining $19.3 million on renovating downtown over extending Santa Teresa Boulevard - otherwise known as the Hale Avenue extension - is the correct decision, however it’s not an either-or question.
Newsprint duties could hurt small newspapers
The printing press remains the symbol—despite the arrival of online news—of the Fourth Estate, of “Freedom of the Press.” That’s why for centuries one of the first acts of authoritarian rulers was to smash the printing presses of the opposition.






