Guest Column | With 6 Drive-Thru Donation Sites, Goodwill Central Coast Focuses on the Art of Convenience
We all crave convenience. It makes our lives easier, and allows us to spend our time on what we find meaningful, such as family and personal goals and pursuits.
Because the lifeblood of Goodwill Central Coast centers on community donations, the tri-county nonprofit goes to...
Worthy to Print Column | Time for Reflection
You knew it was going to happen. What’s that? You didn’t know. Well, let me tell you it’s true! Last week I got on my soapbox about taxes, and since it’s April, why not continue my rant.
Instead of working on helping “We the People,”...
Funny Papers Again Column | King City Shows Good Leadership; Washington, D.C., Not So Much
As surely will be reported upon in this issue, the State of the City was well stated last week by a threesome of King City’s head honchos. You can get the particulars of each speaker’s field of expertise in this issue and elsewhere but,...
Worthy to Print Column | ‘What Did You Do During the War, Daddy?’
My boys asked me that after we had been living in Gonzales for a while. When I mentioned in a earlier column that we used to play in the culvert on Fanoe Road, we would take our dog Beaujee and walk down the bottom...
Funny Papers Again Column | An Old Market Gets Attention, and a Library Still Waiting
In offering kudos to my hometown, I use the energetic parlance of the day: “a shout-out to the city of Greenfield and a new look for an old building!” After what many felt was a bit too long, the two-story building that occupies the...
Letter to the Editor | Support King City’s Progress: Vote Yes on Sales Tax Measure
To the Editor:
On November’s ballot there will be a measure to increase the King City sales tax from 8.75% to 9.25%. This increase would bring us more in line with other towns in the valley.
Up to now, so many improvements have been made in...
Letter to the Editor: Delightful Banners
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Letter to the Editor: Reader’s View of Ballot Choices
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Guest Column | King City’s Budget and Financial Plan
King City Council recently adopted the City’s new Biennial Budget for FY 2021-22 / FY 2022-23. The total proposed City budget is $24,087,756 in FY 2021-22 and $18,538,906 in FY 2022-23. Of these amounts, the total proposed General Fund is $8,766,374 in FY 2021-22...
