Editorial

An Exclusive Editorial by Big Valley News

Madera - If you are a fan of Facebook you have probably ran across a group on the web site who claims they are interested in helping the children of our local schools with purchasing supplies for the classroom. Madera Unified District PTA is a Facebook group created by an employee of Madera County Mental Health Department, Lynn Cogdill.

Cogdill is a candidate for the Madera Unified School District Board of Trustees District 2 as he returned his paperwork to the Madera County Clerks Office Friday afternoon. Realtor Edward McIntyre is also a declared candidate for the seat currently held by Phillip Jansen. McIntyre is the husband of former Madera County Supervisor Gail Hanhart-McIntyre.

EDITORIAL - Love him or hate him, no one can say Randy Blankenship has not made a difference with the Madera High School football program. When Randy came to Madera I supported our former head football coach Mike Anderson.

A group of people lead by the late Mike Young, former chief academic officer for Madera Unified brought Randy to Madera to force out Coach Anderson. Young and others sabotaged Anderson's program and turned student-athletes against the former coach.

Madera - Love him or hate him, no one can say Randy Blankenship has not made a difference with the Madera High School football program. When Randy came to Madera I supported our former head football coach Mike Anderson.

A group of people lead by the late Mike Young, former chief academic officer for Madera Unified brought Randy to Madera to force out Coach Anderson. Young and others sabotaged Anderson's program and turned student-athletes against the former coach.

EDITORIAL - Life is filled with risks. Perhaps you enjoy skydiving, climbing Mount Everest, or swimming with sharks?  Each endeavor involves serious risks. Nothing would be accomplished on this planet without people willing to venture out into the unknown.

Space exploration and medical and educational advances would be stymied without an innate spirit to try new things and go boldly where no man has gone before. That’s right. Star Trek would never have existed without the imagination of Gene Roddenberry.

EDITORIAL - If you have worked hard and saved money all your life you may have over $250,000 in a bank. Or, maybe one of these days, you might if you keep working and saving. 

 You most likely know that only $250.000 of your money is federally insured. In other words, if your bank fails, you might lose any amount above $250.000. Let’s say you have half one million in your bank. The assets of the bank would eventually be liquidated. If enough money was collected, you might receive the rest of your half million, or you might never see a penny above the federally insured amount unless you are in Silicon Valley. 

EDITORIAL - The Forbes Avenue bridge over Fern Hollow Creek in Pittsburgh's Frick Park collapsed last Friday morning, January 28th with several vehicles, including a Port Authority bus, on the span at the time.  The bridge that collapsed is known as the Fern Hollow Bridge, used by an estimated 14,500 vehicles daily.  (From Pittsburgh Action 4) 

Ten people were injured. No one was killed when the bridge buckled at 6:39 a.m., officials said, though four people were hospitalized with injuries that were not life-threatening. President Biden who was ironically visiting the area warned that the country might not be so lucky next time. “We don't need headlines saying that someone was killed when the next bridge collapses,” Biden said.   (Washington Post)