If you want to get a flavor of the back-and-forth of last week's meeting of UC regents on a possible Valley medical school, read John Taylor's account by clicking here. John, a former Bee reporter, now works for Community Medical Centers. Supporters of a future medical school in the Valley made their case to get permission to continue planning. That was granted; but John's comments confirm what we already knew. In some ways, this is going to be a repeat of all the arguments against building a UC campus in the Valley in the first place.

I appreciated the supportive comments of Regent Sherry Lansing and Regent Eleanor Brewer, who is quoted by John: "When I think of the Central Valley, if not us, then who else would do this?"