Category: Letters to the Editor

After 23 years of living in Los Banos, I’ve learned the electorate can make very savvy decisions about our schools and city.  I’m confident the Three Amigos, Mayor Paul Llanez and councilmembers Brett Jones, and...

I’m writing to say goodbye to a man most readers of The Westside Express never knew. Cal Tatum, who edited some of the stories published in this newspaper, died last week in Arizona. We were never close friends, but he was more...

As a native Californian, I must say that Dennis Wyatt’s richly researched articles on California duly edified me. Those about the San Joaquin River and California highways extended my knowledge of both on top of what I already...

Editor, The Express, I am concerned about the preferential treatment given to a new business located in a historical theater building, while other new businesses in town do not receive the same level of promotion. As taxpayers,...

GREG WELLMANContributing writer I grow weary of some people criticizing Greg Hostetler. While I cannot speak as a close associate, I have worked with him over the decades, although we’ve never had a business connection,...

Editor, Westside Express One thing we can consistently count on with the current city council, or  “gang of four,” is the new lows being reached at every council meeting. Although Mayor Paul Llanez made the disparaging...

Los oficiales electos abusivos que desperdiciaron $1.8 millones de dólares de nuestros impuestos, ahuyentaron a docenas de trabajadores de la ciudad de Los Banos, contrataron a un administrador municipal incompetente ¡dos veces!...

Before you vote for California’s Proposition 1, the so-called “Treatment not Tents,” please see the figures below. Through the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Grant Program implemented in 2017, Merced County alone...