THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE OF SAN BENITO COUNTY
OCTOBER 26, 2018
A supplement to the Hollister Free Lance
Crēdo Studio bursts with self expression
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Ambitions Ignited Crēdo Studio adds more cultural arts to the region NATURAL FOODS STORE P8 | MERLOT MINUTE P16
SUPE CANDIDATES SPEAK P2 | TWO VIE FOR JUDGESHIP P4 | BOXING HELPS KIDS P15
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Dog park search turns up no more bombs CITY REOPENS DOG PARK AT CITY AIRPORT AFTER FIRM SCANS TURF By Barry Holtzclaw Managing Editor
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Robert Eliaso
The City of Hollister Dog Park reopened Oct.23, after a thorough search of the site near the Hollister Municipal Airport yielded only metal junk—and no more unexploded bombs like the one that had closed the park for more than a month. Airport Manager Mike Chambless said city crews on Tuesday carefully dug into five holes that had been identified by special ground-penetrating radar as containing metal, and found scrap metal and old metal fence posts. The spots in the park had been marked with bright pink spray paint by a firm hired by the city earlier this month after an
RAMONA HILL has big plans for her San Juan Bautista-based artist studio and cultural center, Credo Studio.
Ramona Hill has vision By Wallace Baine
See San Benito magazine inside for the full story.
Robert Eliaso
In the beginning, all Ramona Hill wanted was to start a small dance studio, to lead a weekly belly dancing class for her friends and neighbors in San Juan Bautista. But the space she discovered demanded more.Part of the old IOOF Odd Fellows building at Polk and Third streets in San Juan is now the home of Hill’s Credo Studio. Credo has a lot of potential. EXPRESSION Credo Studio hopes to inspire others to create. Here Ramona Hill with daughter Ruby dance at the studio in San Juan Bautista.
Candidates file finance forms CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES RAISE MONEY, AND OTHERS DECIDE TO SELF-FUND By Jaqueline McCool Reporter
As the 2018 election inches closer, local candidates have been competing to collect campaign contributions for basics like yard signs, pamphlets and call lists.
With one more filing deadline—Oct. 26— before Election Day, Nov.6, not all Hollister City Council candidates have filed paperwork to let voters know basic information about campaign spending. The state’s Fair Political Practices Committee (FPPC) requires candidates to complete a series of forms that declare campaign finance activities in the interest of public transparency.
All documents are public record and can be accessed in person through the City Clerk’s office or online via the City’s election portal. In an effort to understand how Hollister City Council candidates have been raising and spending campaign money, the Free Lance looked at each candidate’s public forms and requested comments via email from each candidate on specific contributions
or trends noted in the filings. Each candidate was asked to describe his or her fundraising approach. The filings in this article were updated at the end of September, as the candidates continue to get contributions they will continue to file. The next report deadline is Oct. 26. Candidates who anticipate spending or receiving more than $2,000 in campaign funds must file several forms with the
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FPPC and open a campaign bank account. Even candidates who expect to raise or spend under $2,000 must still complete and file a candidate campaign statement, or form 470. Candidates do not have to create a campaign bank account if they are only spending money to cover campaign fees. Candidates who have money left over from past campaigns can use the ➝ Campaign Money, 13