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Chipotle’s gets a taste of the law run amok
There are a number of businesses fleeing California.
Panhandling to public’s emotions pays dividends
It pays to be "homeless" in Manteca – because Mantecans have heart. One young couple is proving that notion as shoppers are repeatedly touched with their imagined plight.
DREAM Act is way of ending nightmarish mess
At first glance the DREAM Act stalled on Capitol Hill looks like a nightmare for those who believe America is being turned over to illegal immigrants.
Manteca council barking up wrong tree on dog fee
The Manteca City Council on Aug. 3 will have the second reading of an ordinance for the municipal license fees for unfixed dogs that will reduce them from $100 to $50 a year.
Trash talk: A way to enhance city’s ‘business’ image
There is a trash enclosure behind the Manteca Bulletin with so-called privacy slats.
Two true public servants: Richard Bull & Charlie Halford
public servant • n. 1. a person who works for the state or local government. 2. Ripon Police Chief Richard Bull.
Manteca’s big myth of a dying downtown district
One of the political givens is that downtown is dying and that it is on the verge of turning into blight hell and will strip Manteca of its cultural and moral soul so therefore the city needs to pump in truckloads of money to save it from becoming Fort Apache as in the South Bronx.
A look at crime in Manteca today
One of the biggest concerns of our citizens is crime in their community. We read the newspaper stories about gang activity and then see an article that says crime is down. It makes you wonder how both can be true. I thought it might help to know how and why the Police Department tracks crime in Manteca.
Hot times? Water is still the one
I grew up during a time when coaches believed that taking a salt tablet was effective in dealing with dehydration.
Meg Whitman’s cash & the threat it poses to California’s democracy
There is a 900-pound-gorilla in the governor's race for California, but contrary to assertions by the Manteca Bulletin, it is hardly unions representing California workers.
City manager for whom the cash ‘Bell’ tolls
Is anybody worth $6.41 a minute?
Stop feeding more taxes to bloated & lethargic bureaucracy up in Sacramento
Getting Californians back to work won't happen in significant numbers until Sacramento finally comes to grips with the basic lesson of the Great Recession: Economic health can't be sustained from spending beyond your means.
Does Meg have anything to offer besides attacks on Jerry Brown?
Meg Whitman is definitely getting the best produced political hit commercials money can buy.
Gotcha! politics & fuss over Palin’s Turlock payday
"Why did they try to keep it a secret for so long, and now release the figure out of nowhere? Our schools are hurting, students are hurting, and to charge that kind of money for a speech I still feel is a bit absurd." - Ashli Briggs, a 23-year-old California State University at Stanislaus political science major as quoted by the Associated Press concerning the release of how much Sarah Palin was paid to speak in Turlock.
That old house was our home
The house of my youth is currently on the market.
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Sagging economy may be starting back up but what about pants?
Editor's note: Dennis Wyatt is on vacation. This column first appeared Feb. 8, 2002.
Going door-less curing me of cluttering urge
Editor's note: Dennis Wyatt is on vacation. This column first appeared on Dec. 6, 2010.
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