Opinion

Our rep shares a few tips on saving water

February 20, 2014

Some good news for a change! While we have begun to see some rain, rainfall levels and the snowpack are expected to remain far below normal. Some of our local reservoirs are nearly empty. Statewide water conditions are poor, and we are expecting some significant challenges in meeting our needs this year.

Wise Move to Blacklist E-Voting

August 21, 2007

Providing for public safety, maintaining infrastructure and conducting elections – these make up the 'holy trinity' of any local government's duties.

Passing Huge Debt to Our Kids for Mismanaged Water Projects

September 14, 2007

Mr. Robert Cerruti's July 3 letter to the editor criticized the Santa Clara Valley Water District in handling the debt payoff for the San Luis Reservoir project. It brought water to Santa Clara County in 1987 and supplies the three Llagas sub-basin percolation ponds in Morgan Hill. Cerruti wrote the project was built at a cost of $247.8 million and we now owe an additional $80 million on top of the original capital cost. He spoke about money the water district set aside for repayment and wanted to know where the money went. Specifically, he argued that annual payments should have been made starting in 1987 to pay down the capital cost and the interest.

Football players were all winners

November 21, 2003

I had the pleasure of helping coach the Live Oak varsity

Measure C applies to downtown too

December 4, 2004

Dear Editor, This letter is in response to the recent articles

Valuable service for cancer victims

November 23, 2004

Dear Editor, On behalf of the Comprehensive Cancer Center of

There’s hope for those with well water contaminated by perchlorate

March 28, 2003

EDITOR: Perchlorate can be removed from well water today. Yes,

Feds need to set water safety level for perchlorate

March 7, 2003

Perchlorate, which is plaguing hundreds of wells and thousands

Put a stop to the late student shuffle

September 25, 2004

Every fall in the Morgan Hill School District, it

Guest view: Trade policies leave workers even more vulnerable during pandemic

September 24, 2020

Approximately 4.8 million Californians have filed first-time unemployment claims since mid-March in the midst of a pandemic that the U.S. Census Bureau says has reduced income for more than half of the state’s households.

Find Your Beat in Life When Things Get Complicated

Just when you think it’s safe to relax on the weekend …

VTA service cuts shortsighted, not in the public interest

Some non-political political thoughts before Election Day

Regional Water Board keeps an eye on pollution

Our rep shares a few tips on saving water

Wise Move to Blacklist E-Voting

Passing Huge Debt to Our Kids for Mismanaged Water Projects

Football players were all winners

Measure C applies to downtown too

Valuable service for cancer victims

There’s hope for those with well water contaminated by perchlorate

Feds need to set water safety level for perchlorate

Put a stop to the late student shuffle

Guest view: Trade policies leave workers even more vulnerable during pandemic

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