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The winds have changed at 1001 W. Center St.
The City of Manteca has a new unofficial municipal motto: "This is the new norm."
7,000 crosses turn Woodward Park into hallowed ground
God and country. The mere mention of the two words together – or even separately – in some corners of our society will get the eyes rolling and cynicism flowing. If Mike Dillman has anything to say about it, that won't happen here. Dillman is pastor of The Place of Refuge. He is also a Vietnam War veteran. He also believes in America. He's a die-in-the-wool, true blue American who is proud of his service ...
Gang of eight betrays Americans
The Gang of Eight immigration bill can be summed up as amnesty now, border closing never. The Department of Homeland Security is not required to build a fence (which was ordered by the Secure Fence Act signed by President George W. Bush). DHS is required only to submit a plan.
The IRS and the big government- big media complex
Lie to the federal government and you'd better get you affairs in order. Ask Martha Stewart. But if the government lies to you, oh well. The protected status of government lies is being showcased by the liars in the Internal Revenue Service. It is bad enough they want you to believe targeting specific groups wasn't politically motivated just because some high ranking party official didn't sic the IRS henchmen on the tea party, conservative groups ...
To the Class of 2013: It’s all about attitude
Dear graduates: You are naturally going to think you are the greatest generation ever to walk the earth and that you will have all the answers, while being scared at the same time. And before the night is over, someone is going to tell you "welcome to the real world." Just smile and ignore them. You have been in the real world. It's just now you're going to find out how things such as an ...
Library plans taken out of circulation
Manteca is celebrating an anniversary this year that is one for the books. It was in 2003 that the city adopted tentative plans for a two-story, 52,000-square-foot library with a price tag of $21 million on the site of the existing library last expanded in 1977. That addition 36 years ago was designed to serve a population of 32,000. Manteca today has 71,000 residents. Manteca's plan to finance the new library was simple. It was ...
Congress shall make no law . . .
LATHROP – And I wondered why people don't trust the government. I made sure that both of my feet were firmly planted on Roth Road before my Nikon digital SLR shutter started snapping photos of the Defense Distribution Depot San Joaquin sign for a story that was set to run the following day. As long as I wasn't parked on, or standing on, government property, there was no way that overzealous base security personnel could ...
Kofa Mountains: A true summer adventure
Ripon – the community – possesses a wealth of heart-inspiring stories in the minds of its many highly respected senior citizens.
Perhaps Manteca should just say no to bonus bucks
It was the white lie of the last decade. Bonus bucks - paid by developers to guarantee sewer allocations over multiple years - were talked up to the community as a way for growth to pay for amenities that otherwise Manteca would not have. For the most part that happened. Manteca got soccer lights for Woodward Park, about half the cost of the Union Road fire station covered, the skate park, Tidewater traffic signals, and ...
Tim Cook is big benefactor of Apple picking
Shame on you, Tim Cook. Ditto for the heads of Google, Microsoft, and Samsung. Apple and their competitors are profiting immensely off the annual worldwide sales of 712.6 million smartphones. They have technology built into the phone that would make early computer scientists both envious and astonished. Yet they haven't bothered to equip their phones with technology that would render them useless after they are stolen. Critics in law enforcement believe they know why. Apple ...
EPA mandates: Not too tasty but filling with fiber
The San Joaquin Valley's blessing is its curse. It was once part of a great inland sea stretching 450 miles from the Cascade Mountains north of modern-day Redding to the Tehachapi Mountains just south of Bakersfield. It varies in width from 40 to 60 miles bordered by the mighty Sierra to the east and the Coastal Ranges on the west. The retreating sea left two things immensely valuable to modern civilization especially in the San ...
Moms’ greatest gift: Giving their kids the ability to love themselves
Mom didn't die. Her body simply gave out. The vessel God gives us to dance for the brief time we do on this earth isn't what counts. It is what comes from the heart and soul. Too often we get wrapped up in what that vessel looks like – the color of eyes, the tone of the body, and such. But it is simply an illusion just like death itself. Mom is alive inside me ...
Soccer field battle offers glimpse of Manteca’s future
Imagine your kid playing on an aging soccer field. It can't be used five months out of the year due to gophers and mud issues. So you get together with other soccer parents and lobby the city to allow you to install artificial turf. The field already has lights. You persuade the council to let you move forward because a durable playing surface means the field could get use into the early evening to help ...
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.
Ammo sales & ‘The Obama Effect’
Almost four years ago, I wrote a column entitled "The Obama Effect" in which I described how fear and distrust of our then newly elected President created panic among our citizenry and that there were massive shortages of almost every kind of ammunition imaginable.
Articles by Section - Local Columns
Twin Tunnels: $24B won’t assure adequate water supplies for 25 million people
Let the distortions begin.
A pawn, a $350,000 study & taking $12M out of people’s pockets
One man's due diligence is costing more than 40,000 households, business, and farmers $12 million a year.
A virtually empty garage may be un-American by today’s standards
I'm a prime candidate for the Homeland Security watch list.
Apple isn’t rotten but the American taxing system is
Why does Uncle Sam insist on subsidizing rich people?
Twin Tunnels: Get ready for Owens Valley 2.0
Want to see the future of the Northern San Joaquin Valley?
Traffic officer: Toughest job in Manteca?
The toughest job in Manteca might just be the men who are part of the Manteca Police Department's traffic enforcement unit.
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