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An apology & thanks to DHM ER patients
Editor, Manteca Bulletin, Please allow me to take the opportunity to offer an apology and thanks at the same time, to our recent Emergency Room patients. Beginning March 31, Doctors Hospital of Manteca launched our "paperless" Emergency Room. We fielded several-hundred thousand dollars worth of electronic technology designed to provide greater accuracy of documentation and order processing, and to ensure a higher level of efficiency and overall customer service. I want to thank our ...
Manteca Unified board should not cut high school leadership classes
Editor, Manteca Bulletin, The recent news of the school board's decision to eliminate some unnecessary classes is set to have an adverse effect on one particular high school class: leadership. This comes at a time when our superintendent, Mr. Jason Messer, is going to see a pay raise when school board members and teachers are suffering from pay cuts. Now on some aspects I see why the board considers leadership classes an area where the ...
A stroll across lunar landscape
Editor, Manteca Bulletin, The first couple of paragraphs in the most recent letter from Mr. McComas (Obama White House loses powerful psychology tool) March 25 went along pretty smoothly, nothing to get too excited about. Then suddenly, it started to look like the lunar landscape, craters big and small appeared everywhere, especially over to the right. He begins by bringing up psychology and its use by, who else, Democrats. He then tries in vain to ...
Democrats don’t offer solutions, just complaints
Editor, Manteca Bulletin, I notice every time Mr. Aquila writes a letter it is automatically followed with complaints from the Democrats in this city. Mr. Aquila offered 10 solutions for America. I have never seen a solution offered by any of the Democrats, just complaints. Mr. Sadlowski complained about the Patriot Act violating individual rights. Can Mr. Sadlowski show any proof that this has occurred? I also would not like my individual rights violated; but ...
Agrees that city needs to cut personnel or compensation
Editor, Manteca Bulletin, I support the recommendations by the citizen committee to cut cost by reducing personnel cost which consist of 85% of the City of Manteca's general fund. My support is the result of knowledge that the only way to bring the budget in line with money received by the city is to cut personnel or have personnel make pay and benefit concessions. But the cuts should be much deeper at the top wherein ...
Questions board benefits, Messer salary hike
Editor, Manteca Bulletin, It takes five years of college to get the beginning salary for teachers of $43,797 per year. After 22 years of experience and the equivalent of 3 additional years of college the top salary is $80,345. What other professional with 8 years of college earns $80,000 or less? Teachers are required to teach 20 to 34 students 7 hours a day filling out Student Study Team Forms, Report Cards, lesson planning and ...
Solutions for America and giving up our rights
Editor, Manteca Bulletin; After reviewing the 10 solutions for America that was submitted to this paper by the President of the local Republican Party, some interesting points were made by him. I have challenged this person in the past to present us with solutions instead of just throwing mud, and although these solutions are vague, they speak volumes as to what direction the GOP wants to take this country, and some of them are scary. ...
Angry over salary jump for Messer
Editor, Manteca Bulletin, When I read of the Manteca Unified School District board voting to raise the salary of Jason Messer, the latest in a long line of grasping, ambitious superintendents, it made me mad. School board employees and teachers have unflinchingly taken cuts in pay; everywhere we look there are pay cuts; (we've even been told that Independence Day may have to be celebrated on July 3 to save money on overtime for fire ...
MEA needs to save our teachers by taking 5% cut
Editor, Manteca Bulletin, Why are we losing teachers in Manteca Unified? As a former teacher, mother to two children attending a MUSD school, and someone who has friends and a husband in MUSD, what is going on? This is nuts! With times being hard, and a "unified" district taking 5% pay cuts, what happened to everyone giving some so none have to give all. The district and the school board have all been working ...
Ten solutions for improving America
Editor, Manteca Bulletin, Congress has forgotten the principles established in our Constitution for limited government. They have become self indulgent and spend money as either "tax and spend" or "borrow and spend" for their own self interest. In 1994, the Republican Party created a Contract for America to reshape America, promoting such items as welfare reform and an elimination of government waste. "We the people" need a new contract for America addressing solutions for the ...
Buy American instead of change we need
Editor, Manteca Bulletin, During his speech on Tuesday Obama stated that we need to experience a period of sacrifice to pull the country out of the financial problems it faces. On Wednesday approximately 300 hardworking Alabama citizens in Eufala received word that that they were being laid off because their employer lost their contract to manufacture condoms to the government of China. They are going to show us how to sacrifice now that they will ...
Children’s Services leader impressive
Editor, Manteca Bulletin, Child Protective Services (CPS), now known as Children's Services, is often in the media only when there is negative news. I've had the good fortune of working indirectly with CPS over the last two and a half years, and I've been consistently impressed with all of the great things it does to help children and families. I've learned firsthand, that many of the stereotypes it must contend with are just that, stereotypes. ...
Reams tapping into increasing frustration over taxes
Editor, Manteca Bulletin, Sid Reams generally writes "feel good" columns, sharing meaningful events in his life, giving movie and local restaurant reviews, and publicizing ways to help the homeless. He often relates stories of his own personal experiences and outcomes in efforts to assist those who are down on their luck and usually ends his columns by inviting readers to attend his local church. Very rarely, a controversial issue will fire him up enough to ...
An open letter to all of our political leaders
Editor, Manteca Bulletin, I address this letter to all politicians at the federal, state and local levels who advocate increased taxation as the means of our delivery from the current economic downturn. The essence of my message to you is this: We, your constituents, are not as stupid as you apparently believe we are. For decades we have been conditioned by career politicians and a sympathetic media to believe that government is the sole source ...
Obama White House loses powerful psychology tool
Editor, Manteca Bulletin, The Obama White House has lost its most powerful tool for fixing the economy. For the Fed to manipulate the economy, one of their most powerful tools is psychology. All the Fed has to do to change economic conditions is to announce that they are going to take action if, say, inflation is too high. Very little actual action is needed in most cases to bring about the changes they desire. ...
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