Opinion: Solution to state’s housing crunch
So SB 50 is dead, most likely at least for the rest of this election year. How does California now solve its housing problems without...
Tom Elias
Feb 19, 2020


Madera County sought solvency right from the start
Madera County Historical Society More than a dozen watering holes, like the Peerless saloon shown here, at one time lined Yosemite...
Bill Coate
Feb 19, 2020
Letter: Lingering questions about the Madera County Arts Council — and its former executive director
I’m not sure why people in our community continue to ask me questions about the outrageous conduct of the former executive director of...
For The Madera Tribune
Feb 12, 2020
Opinion: What proper utility maintenance could have prevented
Back in the good old pre-2017 days when many Californians paid little or no attention to the approximately dollar-a-month maintenance...
Tom Elias
Feb 5, 2020
Opinion: AOC kneecaps the Dems
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez kicked off 2020 by kneecapping her colleagues. The bartender-turned-congresswoman announced in early January...
Chuck Doud
Jan 29, 2020
Opinion: Freeway toll lanes: The bait-and-switch expands
Diamond lanes for the rich. Lexus lanes. A classic bait-and-switch. Social engineering on a massive scale. Taking the free out of...
Tom Elias
Jan 29, 2020
Opinion: Super Bowl LIV coming up
Professional football season is coming to a close once again. The Kansas City Chiefs will square off against the San Francisco 49ers on...
Tami Jo Nix
Jan 25, 2020
Opinion: Does state need rent control just two years after that issue failed at polled by 20 percent
It was a head-scratcher the other day when the AIDS Healthcare Foundation submitted more than 1 million voter signatures aiming to place...
Tom Elias
Jan 22, 2020









