Editorial

Editor: In reading the HT, it sometimes feels that if there is a

Carrillo should resign

Bait and switch

Joan Theresa LaForge

Opposed to KOWS

Upon hearing about the closing of Shed, I took it in without a strong feeling of what it meant to me, our family and our farm. But now that Shed is closing, its significance has settled in. I feel a great loss.

July 1 is the start of a new fiscal year for local governments. This is when the county, cities and schools start spending new tax money based on recently approved 2016-2017 budgets. All these budgets tend to launch with the same conclusions: there is never enough tax revenue; there are too many unmet needs; employee and pension costs keep going up; and everything could be solved if we only agreed to raise new taxes and vote for more long term debt bonds.

Need for a fresh mind

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