In reference to “Creating America, Madera and MUSD” (Oct. 10, 2026 edition of The Madera Tribune), Bill Coate implies that the 1965 vote to create MUSD was unfair. Recent interviews with
Front page story: Tons of money spent on a Transportation Facility. I said a nasty word — Measure “T” money. What does it cost us taxpayers for every passenger mile on
Madera County’s Board of Supervisors has consistently demonstrated a transparency and spending problem and has little trust from the public. Measure U is an unrestricted tax increase to the long-standing Transient
Beautiful former African American model Kalista Jordan has joined Professor David Crone’s research team at the university. She has a Ph.D. from Stanford in molecular electronics, whatever that is, and she
What are California taxpayers actually getting for their money? California spends enormous amounts dealing with poverty, homelessness, unemployment, health care, housing and food assistance. CalFresh alone provided more than $12.5 billion
There are two tough decisions for today’s high-school seniors: Should I go to college, and what should I choose for my major? Let me get my personal bias out of the
As baseball’s best teams play for this year’s World Series championship, I thought that it was timely to compare America’s pastime with America’s culture. The James Earl Jones “People will Come”
My son Mike and I were planning a flight to Coalinga on Saturday for an airshow they were having. I washed the airplane Friday and checked it over. Saturday morning, Mike
All partnerships fail in the end, just like marriages. The only life after death any human being will ever know is staying in a marriage or a partnership after it’s over.
Two years ago, I wrote a couple of columns offering my opinion that the state-supported, public, two-year colleges should not be called community colleges, city colleges, or junior colleges. Those are
California Voter Registration requires U.S. Citizenship and to be a California Resident. OK, enough said. However, Unions and other factions think you can just walk in and vote. Not present a
Vice President JD Vance recently warned voters not to “throw the baby out with the bathwater.” That describes an important question facing Republicans who disagree with President Trump over war, debt
