In response to Donna Krause’s request (“Mascot change earns thumbs up,” April 28 Appeal-Democrat) that the local papers refrain from using the term “Redskin”: You have succeeded in removing a tradition that you clearly will...
Dear Editor: More than 41 years ago, I met a resident of yours. He always talked about friends and relatives and your town and how much he missed it. I was with him the day he gave the ultimate sacrifice. He truly died a hero. Please do not forget him...
Dear Editor How can you change the name of the high school mascot? I spent the first 16 years of my life in that town and was proud to be an athlete associated with the school district. One of my brothers, Lito Castro, created and painted the Indian...
Dear Editor, I’m writing to thank the Colusa school board for displaying the courage to do the right thing in voting to change Colusa High School’s mascot and theme. Thank also to the Indians and non-Indians who where willing to voice their...
Dear Editor, I saw the ad in the Colusa County Sun Herald showing two examples of sprawl that has the new American Farmland Trust report, Paving Paradise: a new perspective on California Farmland Conversion, suggests that county supervisors avoid in...
Taxpayers increasingly are told that state government is going broke, and vital services must be slashed unless new taxes are imposed. Here’s the truth: Even with tax revenue falling below projections, even in an economic downturn, state government...
No one involved in any way with California government thinks the state budget process is ideal. There’s the two-thirds vote requirement in each house of the Legislature that allows a relatively small minority to stymie the majority’s plain...
Starring the likes of Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges and Terrence Howard, “Iron Man” boasts the kind of rarefied call sheet one would typically associate with an Oscar-customized ensemble drama, not a smash-mouth sci-fi blockbuster...
Well, at least the presidential campaign will offer something of a debate on the issue of health care. On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama disagree only over whether buying government-approved health insurance will be mandatory for...
For years, the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association has mailed out fliers soliciting donations because its Holy Grail, the 1978 Proposition 13 limit on property taxes, was allegedly under fire. Those claims have usually been alarmist fantasy, as no one...