Opinion

Vote YES to extend the Morgan Hill mayoral term from two to four years. If we want our city to be led with more professionalism, and not with biennial political distraction, we need to take ourselves seriously and revise the city ordinance to provide the...

The absence of term limits is not nor ever shall be a problem for the City of Morgan Hill. The campaign in favor of term limits has yet to communicate what problem it is seeking to solve, because there is no problem.  The argument for...

The Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah marks the end and beginning of the annual Torah reading cycle. The direct translation is “Rejoicing with the Torah.” It symbolizes the sacred connection of the teachings of the Torah and Judaism.  This holiday is the last one of...

In these years that have included a worldwide pandemic, escalating climate change, political turmoil, escalating violence and a changing religious landscape, many feel like the days of predictability and stability are behind us. What does it mean to live in faith—after certainty?  In recent months,...

The letter to the editor written by Morgan Hill Unified School District Board of Education President Adam Escoto on Sept. 26 is naive at best; and at worst another effort to manipulate the public.  He claims, “We ended the fiscal year with a surplus of...

Consider the source In all of the rhetoric of campaign season, one has to sort through a lot of orotundity to find truth and reason. As for the Morgan Hill mayor’s race, I have listened to and read a plethora of comments online, in the...

You have to just love how using websites can make life so easy. You no longer have to leave the house to shop for a new car or dress. Instead, the internet has also become the breeding ground for those targeting small business owners...

I taught a lesson two Sundays ago to our church youth about how God loves all His Children. It was an important lesson about treating everyone with love, respect and kindness in both word and deed.  One of my favorite quotes that I used for...

I want to address the recent letter from Morgan Hill Unified School District Board President Adam Escoto regarding the district’s budget situation. While the claim of financial improvement is encouraging, it only tells part of the story. True transparency is still lacking. The return of...

Be an informed voter Morgan Hill voters can take us forward or backwards this November. Some want to go back to a time when respect for people in positions of power was granted exclusively to white men. There are people who literally cannot fathom respect...