In assessing the immigration issue, we are again pleased to find ourselves in the sensible center. In a debate where the loudest and most extreme voices are given too much credence, and where the negotiating stance of concerned parties is too often all or nothing, the best policy is a nuanced one.

The publicly owned Palomar Pomerado Health District wants the best of both worlds. It wants to keep contracts hidden from the public to protect trade secrets that arguably could be useful to a private hospital group seeking to compete with the district, which serves San Marcos, Escondido, Poway, Ramona, parts of Rancho Bernardo and Rancho Peñasquitos and other areas.