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$366K & counting: Browne case a financial nightmare
When all is said and done, the Matt Browne wrongful-termination case could haunt the collective conscience of Lathrop's city officials and taxpayers for a long time. Based on preliminary figures plus other anticipated expenses, not to mention related expenses factored into the big picture, a former department head's courageous act to stand by his unwavering belief that he was unjustly terminated and denied his constitutional rights as a city employee, could end up costing the ...
A way to help home builders & buyers & not spend a penny
The City of Manteca wants to be pro-business. They want to be accountable. They want to be transparent. And they also want to promote affordable housing.
Brooks always manages to buck odds
Shortly before Christmas, I had the pleasure of viewing the Hall of Distinction. Located at Big League Dream's indoor multipurpose facility, the area is dedicated to Manteca's Sports Heroes featured inductees from last year's inaugural class. Included are former pro football players Paul Wiggins – once the head coach at Stanford and the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs – Jim Barber and Hardy Brown; rodeo champion Ted Nuce; motorcycle champ Chris Carr; and former NBA player ...
‘Queen of Mean’ had it right: Only the little people pay taxes
Billionaire hotel heiress Leona Helmsley once bragged "only the little people pay taxes."
In defense of teachers’ pay in Manteca
Virginia Garrett was my freshman literature and senior English teacher in high school. She also was the drama advisor who surprised the world by making me the lead in the senior class production of Woody Allen's "Don't Drink the Water." Not only could people clearly hear me as well as the fact she actually got me to speak slower than my usual Fed-Ex spokesman delivery, but she succeeded somewhat in teaching me how to act. ...
Pictures do paint a thousand words, even snapshot ones
A picture truly paints a thousand words. Yes, even ones that are the obligatory promo shots intended for scrapbooks that only family members, relatives and maybe a few friends would enjoy viewing one too many times.
He’s definitely his father’s son
He is very much my father's son. I'm talking about my brother, Pete. On Sunday, we met at the home of his buddy for an annual Super Bowl bash. Each year, Pete drives into Stockton from San Jose for a day of playing cards, wagering on the game, and enjoying the company of his close circle of friends. As you can probably guess, they were engaged in plenty of smack talking followed by the sounds ...
Keep in mind sacred cows can make government flabby
If you're taken hostage at gunpoint you probably want to make sure Manteca has a SWAT team in the wings.
Here’s an idea: Drop bailout plans & suspend 2008 income taxes
Congress doesn't trust us – the average American – but they trust their Wall Street and Big Business buddies to jump start the economy. They are the same ones who gladly took part of the $700 billion bailout and then turned around and paid out $18 billion in bonuses as they posted record losses
When all else fails blame Proposition 13
Proposition 13 gets blamed for everything in California. Now public policy gurus are slamming the 1978 property tax measure for dooming California to decades to come for the government needing to struggle to stay on its high tax dollar diet. The California Department of Equalization noted that overall property tax revenues increased over the five-year period from 2003 to 2008 (8.38% in 2003, 8.51% in 2004, 11.06% in 2005, 12.55% in 2007, and 4.82% in ...
Manteca’s K-9 superheroes
With the new season of American Idol underway, viewers will once again rush to their televisions each week to see who can sing and who can't. Who's going to Hollywood and who's packing it up and going home. While I am somewhat interested in seeing how the program progresses each week, I am much more interested in seeing what Manteca's K-9 crime fighters are up to.
A bit of presidential trivia to mull over
This was a moment to be shared. My son, Josh, was home from school sick this past week, but I still thought it to be important that we view take that opportunity to watch together Barack Obama take the oath of office as our 44th President last Tuesday. For this was a special time in history, witnessing the first African American take the highest office in the land. At the same time the moment sent ...
Counting your blessings when times are hard
In these hard economic times, everything looks bleak. Hundreds of thousands are losing their homes to foreclosures. Millions of workers are losing their jobs and their means to support their families. Prices of food, gas, bills for basic needs such as water and sewer and everything else are skyrocketing. Businesses are being shuttered, are seeking reorganization or filing for bankruptcies. Lifetime retirement savings are being eroded as stocks plummet. Et cetera, ad infinitum. Yes, the ...
Tale of two cities with sugar plants: Manteca & Tracy
Bill Perry was mayor during one of Manteca's darkest moments - the closing of Spreckels Sugar that had served as the symbol, if not the heart, of the city's economic strength for 75 years.
The list of people & things to blame never ends for a true victim
I finally get it. Only if you're a victim 100 percent of the time and can blame everyone else for your problems you can absolve yourself of any responsibility for your lot in life. Better yet, it is always somebody else that is making your life miserable and difficult. You have nothing to do with it. Let's see if I understand how this whole victim thing works. Somewhere in my gene pool, there is bad ...
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