Archive By Author - Dennis Wyatt
Califoreclosure now giving bucks away to buy cars
California is $24 billion in the hole and slipping. Teachers are being laid off by the tens of thousands. Taxpayers are losing their homes left and right. Our streets could end up with potholes wider than the state of Rhode Island. So what is Sacramento doing? What else but giving away more money. The California Air Resources Board will give those who turn in vehicle models 1976 or older into a licensed dismantler $1,000 or ...
Lawyer, CVB taking 3.8% cut along with city workers
McFall, Burnett & Brinton have a legally binding contract with the City of Manteca. Even so, the law firm that provides legal counsel to the city had no qualms with voluntarily reducing their agreed upon annual retainer by 3.8 percent. It was all a part of City Manager Steve Pinkerton's request that the pain of unpaid furloughs - that start for all municipal employees on Wednesday – be spread throughout those who do work for ...
Property tax relief coming for some
If you bought a home in the past five years you will want to read this. Next month the odds are great some tax relief is coming your way from the San Joaquin County Assessor's Office. That's when state law requires them to reassess property values based on the home's value on Jan. 1, 2009. Even though property values have declined further since then, by law that is the assessment date. You should be getting ...
Now that they’ve laid off 209 teachers, what is Manteca Unified doing next?
Nancy Teicheira gets it. Manuel Medeiros gets it. Rex Holiday gets it. Too bad the rest of the Manteca Unified School District board doesn't get it. In the middle of the worst budget crisis in the history of the Manteca Unified School District as well as telling 209 teachers to hit the road, the board voted to commit discretionary funds to build – are you ready for this – more classrooms. Perhaps I'm missing something, ...
Manteca condos plunge 73% in value in just 33 months
Thirty-three months ago the Cherry Lane Apartments condo conversion was being billed as the most affordable housing option for buyers in Manteca.
Guitar Hero competition this Saturday
Can you shed the Guitar Hero competition in Manteca? Find out this Saturday as the Movies in the Park complete with pre-show entertainment returns this Saturday to Woodward Park. A large plasma TV will be used with the Wii to sort out who the best Guitar Hero player is starting at 6 p.m. It will be followed at 7 p.m. by a Manteca singer. The show starts at around 9 p.m. as dusk falls using ...
Making ‘green’ a high priority in Manteca
I'm not normally a big fan of creating more commissions or another layer of government but it would seem Manteca would be well-served if the City Council appointed a Green Commission.
Newsom-Harris: Dream team for illegals who commit crimes
Dirty Harry – a creation of Hollywood – could not thrive in the real San Francisco as an inspector.
WOODSHOP GOT THINGS ROLLING
Credit a love of woodshop with starting Howard Holtsman on a journey that ended up spending the past 18 years helping put together an adult education and vocational training program that has earned numerous recognition for its effectiveness.
Food bank warehouse is almost bare
Food is going out of the Second Harvest Food Bank that serves as a "wholesaler" for 226 non-profits serving the needy in seven counties as fast as it is arriving.
Fireworks sales start Sunday
The sale of fireworks for personal use starts this Sunday. It marks the fifth year Manteca non-profits are able to sell fireworks. More than $600,000 has been raised to benefit a wide array of Manteca organizations. One booth – the Manteca Police Officers Association that typically sells fireworks at Union Road and Yosemite Avenue – generates funds to help pay for the aerial fireworks and community celebration at the Big League Dreams sports complex that ...
Entries sought for Independence Day parade on July 3
Manteca is getting a jump on celebrating Independence Day this year as the city's official celebration has been shifted to Friday, July 3. That includes everything from the traditional Manteca Kiwanis pancake breakfast along with the Sunrise Kiwanis Independence Day parade to a family-style celebration at the Big League Dreams sports complex topped off by aerial fireworks. The shift was made by city officials to avoid having to have extra police, streets crews and firefighters ...
Manteca hopes to save cash & create more jobs
It was a simple directive. Spend restricted money designated for projects requiring major construction as quickly as possible to take advantage of significantly lower bids being offered by firms as well as to generate jobs in a weak economy. That directive was made almost six months ago by the Manteca City Council to staff. Today a slew of street, sewer, and water projects are either ready to move forward or about to break ground. Many ...
Give Manteca USD classified workers an ‘A’ for smart contract move
Manteca Unified School District's classified employees are one savvy group. When they reopened their contract earlier this year they agreed to take a 5 percent pay cut. In exchange they district agreed to no more job cuts for two years. This all happened before the real bottom started falling out of the state's budget and a $24 billion deficit developed that made the budget mess of last year seem like child's play. Now with Armageddon ...
560 homes rising from field?
One day there will be 560 homes on a large 156.8-acre parcel used primarily for crops such as pumpkins and corn providing owners Joe and Lillian Machado can clear all of the necessary hurdles for the land on the southwest corner of Airport Way and Woodward Avenue.
Articles By Author - Dennis Wyatt
Crosswalk, flashers get OK for Cottage at Brookdale Way
A crosswalk with flashing beacons on each side of the street to alert motorists there may be pedestrians will be installed later this year on Cottage Avenue at Brookdale Way.
Shooting a hole in the debate over gun control
Here's a little nugget for those embroiled in the debate over gun control: Young men kill.
Fire engine, picnic shelters
What could Manteca do with an extra $1.8 million?
Safeguards against PG&E style file browsing at Manteca City Hall
Is the plan PG&E proof?
Council chambers work: $787K
It cost just under $30,000 in 1924 to build Manteca's original brick two-story city hall that still stands across from the downtown Library Park.
Get ready for 40 mph speed limit on Cottage
The speed limit on Cottage Avenue is going to go up by a third.
Jack Miller joins Hall of Fame
Jack Miller - a coach and teacher lauded for his "pay-it-forward attitude" - is being inducted into the Manteca Hall of Fame.
Tax Internet sales until virtual cops can protect us
The Internet.
Where does Ripon council stand?
Ripon's elected leaders may vote to take a stand for the third time since 2008 on South San Joaquin Irrigation District's effort to lower power rates in the community by 15 percent.
$2.6M upgrade for Austin/99
Moffat Boulevard between Austin Road and Woodward Avenue will be widened to four lanes under a $2.6 million plan to secure employment centers in the first phase of the 1,050-acre Austin Road Business Park. Ramps at the Austin Road and Highway 99 interchange would be widened including allowing the southbound off ramp to 99 to have two left turn lanes and a right turn lane. There would also be traffic signals at the off ramps. ...
Taxes you pay go to PG&E & not Headstart
Pundits - and editorial cartoonists - are having a field day over Congress' decision to restore funding for air traffic controllers while letting programs such as Headstart for low-income kids and Meals on Wheels for shut-in senior citizens take federal budget hits.
Bill & Lucille Harris gain Hall of Fame nod
Bill and Lucille Harris - champions in the tort reform movement, astute business people, and supporters of education - are being inducted into the Manteca Hall of Fame. Other members of the Class of 2013 are Jack Miller, athletics; Mike Henry, education; George Abdullah, Government; Greg Leland, education; Karl Konrad Wolf, health care; Randy Ernest Albertsen, athletics; and David Bricker, community service. Bill (who has passed away) and Lucille Harris were nominated for induction in ...
Drought helps net SSJID $4M so far in water sales
South San Joaquin Irrigation District has what much of California wants - water. Many urban water agencies and rural irrigation districts in the Golden State are clamoring for more water on the heels of this week's announcement that the Sierra snowpack is only at 17 percent of normal levels. The Sierra snowpack is essentially the state's largest water reservoir covering almost 40 percent of California's needs. "The phone has been ringing off the hook," noted ...
ACE seeking to extend service to Modesto
Downtown Manteca's transit station is on target for completion in June. Now all the station needs is Altamont Commuter Express passenger train service. And the earliest that could happen is 2018. "It (2018) is a pretty aggressive target," noted Stacey Mortensen, executive director for the San Joaquin Rail Commission. Mortensen said establishment of a target date was key to get those involved with the effort focused on the goal. She added Stanislaus County securing their ...
Cinco de Mayo is as American as you can get
People need to stop having heart palpations over Cinco de Mayo celebrations.
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