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Pensions take 8 cents of every $1

Pensions take 8 cents of every $1
Some 8 cents of every tax dollar spent supporting the municipal general fund goes to help pay for annual pension plan costs.
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Lathrop strategy is to survive & then thrive

Lathrop strategy is to survive & then thrive
FRENCH CAMP – If a picture paints a thousand words, as the old adage says, then a group shot of the first ever Lathrop Chamber of Commerce State of the City would tell the whole story.
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Lathrop: The faces of layoffs
LATHROP – The two young children had smiling faces in the pictures attached to their handwritten letters.

$36M gone in 10 seconds?

$36M gone in 10 seconds?
Manteca’s City Council is forgoing $36 million in bonus bucks – the bulk of which they were likely never to collect anyway.
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Split council accepts gift of fountain & park plaza

Split council accepts gift of fountain & park plaza
RIPON — Ripon is going to have a new welcome mat for those coming into its downtown from the south – a front door of sorts in the form of a fountain, a lush green lawn and a gazebo.
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Lathrop eliminates 10 more positions
LATHROP – The worst is yet to come. But Lathrop city officials are hoping against hope that will not happen even as they unanimously approved on Monday the elimination of 10 more positions at City Hall including that of the Human Resources director to avoid depleting the city’s general fund reserves and shutting down services. What they’re hoping will not happen is for the Great Recession to either stay the same or to continue its ...







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