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I am certain we’ve all seen the bumper stickers that encourage us to “Question Authority”. They are almost ubiquitous in our part of the world. And when we see it, I am sure we are at least tempted to hold our head up a little higher, stick out our chin, and give three cheers for individual autonomy. Question authority, that’s right! Down with the Man! I’m my own master. No one’s going to tell me what to do… except maybe that bumper sticker. Seriously, have we ever stopped to question the authority a bumper sticker has to tell us to question authority? If not, why do we simply take its authority without question?

Every winter, we sit up nights adding up receipts and organizing slips of paper to prepare to file our taxes, an annual ordeal the IRS once estimated took the average taxpayer 20 hours.

We all realize public education is in turmoil; however, we are all experts in hiding this. We provide a well-rounded, quality public education here in Scotts Valley, even as the state has continually dealt us a bad hand.

Felton will be getting a new library and community center.

The Santa Cruz County medical cannabis cultivation ordinance took one step closer to final approval, as the Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to tentatively approve it, pending completion of a full environmental review.

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