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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.
Council needs to rethink Manteca LMDs
Richard Behling believes government has no business being in landscape maintenance.
An interesting encounter with a “homing” pigeon
There was something about the bird that stopped me in my tracks.
Nurses union makes case for Whitman’s election
The 900-pound gorilla in the Nov. 2 race for governor isn't Meg Whitman.
Of deceit, theft & Sacramento water bonds
State Sen. Lois Wolk should have no problem selling folks in southwest rural Manteca that the Proposition 18 water bond is a gigantic waste of money.
Yosemite is better hiking with my son
Josh had vague memories of Yosemite.
An ode to Manteca: How do I love thee?
Manteca, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways . . .
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