Board of Realtors sets up fire recovery fund

Victims invited to apply for grants


The Mariposa County Board of Realtors has set up a recovery fund to help victims of the summer wildfires across the County. “We initiated this as a result of the Detwiler Fire,” said Patti Radanovich-Sousa, board president. Radanovich-Sousa said what “personally spurred this on” was that realtors in the area had clients who were personally affected by the fires and […]

Supervisors struggle with funding



Despite the fact tourists are contributing to the Mariposa County budget at record levels, local officials say they are having to tighten their belts. The issue was discussed last week during a meeting of the Mariposa County Board of Supervisors. Each year at around this time, the board gets an update about the status of the general fund — the […]

Giving back



Commercial cannabis brings crime



Editor, The article in the Gazette recently concerning the fire on Ramblin Road that also endangered Woodview Road failed to mention two very important points: 1. There were two illegal pot grows at the end of Ramblin Road. 2. The man arrested for the arson that caused the fire did it because of a dispute among the growers. That fire […]

Time for new representation



Editor, In a Sept. 8 letter that our congressman, Tom McClintock, wrote, he stated, “I firmly believe that the United States should not hamstring its economy in an attempt to combat global warming.” He went on to say, “…regulations will devastate our economy and make us less competitive with nations like China and India.” Unfortunately, he has it all wrong. […]

We need real representation



Editor, It was with a great deal of frustration that I left the recent town hall held by our Congressional representative, Tom McClintock (R-CA4), in O’Neals this past Thursday evening. I traveled from Mariposa to O’Neals with a question that I was hoping to get an answer in the affirmative. Recently the Problem Solvers Caucus was formed in the House […]

National Anthem author was slave owner



Editor, A note of patriotism was brought to my attention in an opinion column by Gloria Johns of the Tribune News Service entitled, “Is patriotism the real fake news?” This is in relation to President Trump and others complaining because Colin Kaepernick and others of the NFL are kneeling instead of standing when the National Anthem is played. The NFL […]

Understand reality of protests



Editor, I am sorry a recent letter writer will be missing NFL games based on a very mistaken idea of what the protests in the NFL are about. The players are not protesting the flag, the anthem, nor the military. They are protesting acts of racial injustice in our society that show that we are not living up to the […]

The depth of hypocrisy



Editor, Words can be used to reveal and conceal. Lately, there have been several pieces of legislation with friendly titles which hide the true intention of the legislation. The American Health Care Act would have eliminated health care coverage for more than 20 million people. The Financial CHOICE Act, now signed into law, removes protections for consumers so that financial […]

Being a child of God can make all the difference

PASTOR’S CORNER

This is one of my favorite stories, and best of all it’s supposed to be true! Ben Hooper never knew who his father was. His illegitimacy was a serious handicap in his rural Tennessee; other children avoided him and he felt separated from “normal people.” He didn’t even go to church, but when he was 12 years old, a new […]