Opinion
- Letter: Crystal Geyser bad for Orland
- I can tell you one of the reasons that so many of us are opposed to allowing a bottling plant to build in Orland: We are concerned about our water and the potential loss of it. We live only a couple hundred feet from their proposed project and are... Full story
- Letter: Geyser will not be promised job windfall
- According to Crystal Geyser's application, they expect to have 20 to 25 full-time, year-round well-paid employees. This sounds like a windfall to Orland, which has a very high unemployment rate.
Upon further research, though, in the same document,... Full story
- Nielsen honored as legislator of the year
- Orland Press-Register
- Assemblyman Jim Nielsen, R-Gerber, received the annual "Patty Mattingly Award" for 2009 on Wednesday from the Regional Council of Rural Counties.
The award was presented during the organization's annual installation of officers in Sacramento.... Full story
- Letter: Former teacher says Tudesko expulsion harsh
- The Willows school board decision to expel a 16-year-old student for having an unloaded shotgun in his truck, parked off campus, appears to be hysterical overkill.
I hope the Glenn County Board of Education will take a less reactionary approach,... Full story
- Letter: Senior housing topic of community forum
- We are trying to reach seniors, boomers and young adults about concerns of senior housing.
There is a grassroots effort at this time to get help to build a new senior facility in Willows. What we need now is interest and communication; spread the... Full story
- Our View: Rolling along, nowhere fast
- California's implausible, unneeded and increasingly costly high-speed rail project will be injected with $2.25 billion of taxpayer money by the Obama administration.
This money is as likely to be squandered as the $9 billion in bonds voters... Full story
- Ron Hart: Pontificator in chief strikes again
- President Obama opened his State of the Union speech/lecture with the obligatory, "I am happy to report that the state of our Union is strong." As any entertainer will tell you, it is smart to start with a good joke.
A friend told me that Obama... Full story
- John Stossel: Big government's cronies win again
- Many window-making companies struggle because of the recession's effect on home building. But one little window company, Serious Materials, is "booming," says Fortune. "On a roll," according to Inc. magazine, which put Serious' CEO on its cover,... Full story
- Our view: 3 ways to avoid tax hikes
- Proposed initiatives seek taxpayers' signatures
California taxpayers will have an opportunity to come to their own rescue by supporting one or more of three new proposed ballot initiatives approved this week to begin gathering signatures. Each... Full story
- Ron Hart: Calling the shots from a cave
- Osama bin Laden, who makes more disturbing tapes than Paris Hilton and is similarly fighting to remain relevant, reappeared recently to take credit for the Nigerian crotch bomber's failed mission to Detroit. I predict that in his next missive, Osama... Full story