Register-Pajaronian

The weighted vote was fair and legal
Posted: Wednesday, Sep 1st, 2010
Two front-page articles in the Register-Pajaronian in the last week have called into question the recent election on rate increases in the area served by the Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency. It is important for people to know that the election was conducted under the terms of California law as the culmination of an open and public 18-month process aimed ...more

World War II and propaganda
Posted: Wednesday, Sep 1st, 2010
Today marks 65 years since the end of World War II, when on Sept. 2, 1945, a formal surrender ceremony was performed in Tokyo Bay, Japan, aboard the battleship USS Missouri.
During and shortly after the war years, little was ever mentioned about use of radio weapons against allied troops, otherwise known as propaganda or "War on the ...more

Let’s move forward with solutions to our problem
Posted: Friday, Aug 27th, 2010
"There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs."
-- Dwight D. Eisenhower

The decision to fund the Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency's debt and preserve its ability to find future solutions has begun to strain some sectors of our community and has the potential to redraw a line of contention down the middle of our ...more

Religious tolerance has never been absolute in the US
Posted: Wednesday, Aug 25th, 2010
The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution requires: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
There is no quarrel that Americans ...more

Is it health care reform or a government takeover?
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 24th, 2010
"You first," says first mate Lee.
We have just scrambled ashore through the surf on lonely, uninhabited Henderson Island, 100 miles from Pitcairn in the South Pacific. Our second mate, the lovely effervescent Toronto, studies us through binoculars standing on the foredeck of our anchored ketch. A silver bracelet on her wrist glinting in the sun offsets a deepening ...more

Another viewpoint on our general plan process
Posted: Saturday, Aug 21st, 2010
A July 22 Register-Pajaronian column by Watsonville Mayor Luis Alejo discussed efforts at revising the city's general plan. Though he wrote, "The city has been working through court litigation," a more accurate description of the situation might be that the city was sued for proposing housing development encroaching unsafely on the Watsonville Airport, and is now stuck with around $1 million ...more

Many roles for the Watsonville Airport
Posted: Saturday, Aug 21st, 2010
The Watsonville Airport is generally recognized as the busiest airport in the tri-county area and a vital transportation and economic development asset to our local community. However, most people don't realize the many roles the airport plays in supporting the community in other ways through its hosting and support of a number of highly-beneficial programs and special events.
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