As readers can tell from the number of letters published, the Editorial Board is being taken to task for not opposing Prop. 8, the ballot measure that would write into the state constitution the identical language that California voters passed in 2000. That earlier measure,... Continue
Editorials
So read the editorial headline in the Washington, D.C. Weekly Standard last week, mourning the closing on September 30 of that popular New York City daily newspaper. The New York Times called the Sun “lively” and noted its numerous devotees across the cultural spectrum of... Continue
Gotta love California! Anybody with enough money can put anything on the ballot by using the petition initiative process. In this election cycle, only Propositions 1 and 12 were put on by the legislature. While our inclination is to vote NO, figuring that more laws... Continue
As always at election time, we offer you our thoughts on local candidates and ballot items. Fire District: This race for three seats has the three incumbents running for re-election and one challenger. The incumbents have all shown they are on top of the issues... Continue
Can’t you hear Tevye, in Fiddler on the Roof, as he pleas for the safety of tradition? Perhaps you really CAN hear those haunting refrains, early in the morning when Wally Breitman plays material from old musicals on KSVY 91.3 FM. Tradition! That’s what we... Continue
Did it thrill you, too? Watching the Dragons football game on the local television channel SVTV27 and seeing, new this year, instant replay? Thanks to the imaginative genius of computer engineer Bob Smith, our community’s little station joins “the big time.” With four cameras covering... Continue
Much hullabaloo followed the decree at the start of this school year that solid red or blue clothing would no longer be allowed on the public middle school and high school campuses. A common complaint: “Why can’t my child wear her favorite colors?” And a... Continue
Medium or large? Beef or chicken? Coke or Pepsi? Porsche or Benz? Okay, we admit that none of us on the Editorial Board confronts that last one, but the fact is that everyone has to make choices constantly. Most are small ones, probably of little... Continue
Okay, the line forms behind us to sign up for 30% growth. Of course, that’s not available to those who might want to pad that nest egg, or to gamble with the rent money. Instead, that’s how much more was raised over Labor Day at... Continue