OPINION Section
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Boys & Girls: A chance for kids to be a kid Why am I digging into my pockets to donate to next week’s Boys & Girls Club Telethon? |
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News 10 reporter a good sport during GECAC challenge I had a chance to be the guy behind the news camera. In this case, it was for a good cause as News 10 traffic reporter Angel Cardenas accepted the Give Every Child A Chance tutoring challenge, squaring off against the team led by site coordinator Kevin Allred this past Wednesday. No stranger to this sort of stuff, Cardenas, who’s been with the Sacramento ABC affiliate since 2001, has taken on various challenges during his ... 
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Downtown vision not clear A letter to the editor was posted in the Manteca Bulletin on Nov. 14 regarding the downtown area and whether there is a “clear vision” for its future. |
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Health care: Be careful what you ask for as you might just get it Back in the mid-1960s a government study determined the artificial sweetener known as cyclamates can cause cancer. |
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Thanksgiving and God Editor, Manteca Bulletin, Thanksgiving is a national holiday to thank God for His blessing on America. In 1789, President George Washington issued a proclamation to celebrate Thanksgiving to God. Yet, official Thanksgiving observances usually occurred at the state level. The idea of a national Thanksgiving Day can be attributed to Sarah Joseph Hale who promoted the idea to President Abraham Lincoln. In 1863, President Lincoln set aside the last Thursday of November as a National ... |
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It’s time to reject all incumbents in Sacramento California is in a world of hurt. We have overextended government to the point we can no longer afford it. |
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Golf course has paid way to greater degree than other city recreation pursuit I am a firm believer that verifiable facts are the components to getting to the real bottom line of any situation. When rumors, innuendo, and spin are entered into the equation, the water becomes muddied and the true bottom line of anything being analyzed can be difficult to discover. Throw some politics into the mix and you can end up with a lot of confusion. Why some individuals prefer to muddy the water can be a mystery, and I’m sure their reasons are varied and many. |
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Downtown should reflect whole community Editor, Manteca Bulletin, I want to offer a solution to the apparent current topic of opinion - downtown Manteca and how best to address its circumstances. Mr. Wyatt wrote an opinion on the matter and, my friend Mr. Perry responded, both from different perspectives yet both coming to the same conclusion. I remember the days when downtown was the center of trade in Manteca, the plush velvet seats and 10-cent popcorn of the El Rey ... |
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In appreciation of cross country & coaches Editor, Manteca Bulletin, I wanted to let everyone in on the best-kept secret which is cross country. Cross country is a sport that can benefit everyone. I remember a girl that started her freshman year and she almost finished last every race and she never gave up...this year she was determined and she has been a rising star that has had the opportunity to run varsity a couple races as a sophomore. There is no ... |
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Women shouldn’t get caught in trap of beauty industry Editor, Manteca Bulletin, Our society worships an unattainable image for women. We look at images of models, actresses, and singers and we think of beauty. In reality, these faces and bodies have been drastically altered until they look nothing like the original person. Most people understand this, but do not know the extent of it. The face that you see in a beauty magazine was only achieved after hours and hours of photoshopping and airbrushing. ... |
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Congress’ unique statistical record Editor, Manteca Bulletin, Can you imagine working for a company that has a little more than 500 employees and has the following statistics: •29 have been accused of spousal abuse •7 have been arrested for fraud •19 have been accused of writing bad checks •117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses •3 have done time for assault •71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit •14 have been arrested on ... |
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Banning pursuits akin to declaring open season on law-abiding citizens It’s tempting to want to handcuff police in how they protect us especially if our property as innocent third parties is somehow damaged or compromised as the result of a pursuit or a police action. |
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Bicycling along the American River SACRAMENTO — I had always wondered about the much ado made over group bicycling. That was until last Friday’s ride along the American River Bike Path. A group consisting of a few members of the spin class at my local fitness club took up an invitation from instructor Angela Leonardo. A no-show at the morning session scheduled earlier that day due to car problems, she still managed to get the word out that the planned ...
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Get ready for the last days of the State of California Get ready for the financial equivalent of Armageddon. California has a whopping $181.5 billion in unfunded public employee retiree health and pension benefits. It is a ticking time bomb that has all the potential of eventually making the current state budget blood-letting look like the good old days. Last week when the Public Employee Post Employment Benefits Commission released the first-ever report on the gravity of the unfunded state employee retirement benefits, the response from ... |
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RNC’s insurance covers elective abortion for staff The devil, they say, is in the details. News that the Republican National Committee staff has been providing insurance coverage for their employees since 1991 that includes paying the tab for elective abortions has thoroughly embarrassed the Grand Old Party’s top policy and campaign strategy wonks. GOP National Chairman Michael Steele after being informed that the RNC was providing its employees with coverage for elective abortions ordered the insurance provision cancelled immediately. Now those who ... |
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Bay Area exports their problems to San Joaquin Valley Back in the days when Manteca Police referred to Pennebaker Apartments as the police substation due to multiple calls on a daily basis, it should have been clear what ails California is the fact the wealthiest counties in this state often dump their problems on the poorest. |
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Says downtown has spoken with one voice Editor, Manteca Bulletin, In the first sentence of Dennis Wyatt’s Nov. 5 column “Downtown’s future slogan: ‘Winos, hookers & tweakers’, he says that, “Finally there’s a clear vision for downtown.” Wyatt’s right, there is a clear vision for downtown. After two years and much discussion, the downtown business merchants overwhelmingly voted to -change Maple Avenue back to two-way traffic, and remove the Main Street bulb outs that are obstructing and delaying police, fire and ambulance ... |
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Delta Commission: Trojan horse threat to San Joaquin Is there anything worse for your pocketbook and the future of this state than the California Legislature? |
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Manteca needs to avoid turf wars downtown You’ll find the future of downtown thriving in the shell of a ghost. There was a time not too long ago when the El Rey Theatre was the cultural heart of Manteca. The 900-seat grand dame opened in 1937 offering movies and live entertainment. The house that the Peters family built served as a big regional draw attracting customers from Ripon, Lathrop, and Escalon. You could argue that downtown started slipping about the time modern-day ... |
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I’m being polite, I apologize ma’am if it offends you I uttered just two words – “yes ma’am.” It was all it took to unleash a relatively polite verbal lashing from a complete stranger for being – surprise, surprise - sexist. I was shopping at the time in a San Francisco store in Union Square last summer when the sales lady - (whoops, should I say sales associate or is that personal navigator as Nordstrom’s calls their clerks?) -asked whether I wanted the receipt in ... |
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It’s time to put God first Editor, Manteca Bulletin, Thanksgiving is coming, or is it? Thanksgiving is not just eating a dinner, as nice as that is, but when other things come before the real meaning of things, then it is bad. It’s not about how much nor how little one has or not. There were some kids who said thank you for the candy they got from us (on Halloween). Maybe there is some hope, I hope so. I have ... |
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Unborn baby is living person Editor, Manteca Bulletin, The picture of an unborn baby on your editorial page of Nov. 4, is very poignant. It reminds us that an unborn baby is a living person. No, the government does not have the right to force taxpayers to pay for abortions. Even if an abortion is performed within the first three or four weeks after conception, the embryo had formed a backbone, a spinal column and a complex nervous system. Simple ... |
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A different wind is blowing at City Hall Out on North Powers Avenue along the stretch that runs from Yosemite Avenue to the fire station, city crews were busy Monday blasting paint off the pavement that separates the bike lane from the travel lane. |
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Take America back from the socialists Editor, Manteca Bulletin, Congressional passage of government health care is a disgrace of the will of the American people. I will never agree to anything that jeopardizes my children’s future or their well-being. Obama and company can take their treasonous and traitorous one world government agenda and stick it where the sun doesn’t shine. I don’t want my nation reduced to Third World status to meet Kenya’s standard of living just because Obama believes that ... |
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Appreciate help with SHS dinner Editor, Manteca Bulletin, This is an open letter of gratitude to ALL of those who helped make the Sierra High School Athletic Boosters Dinner Dance on Oct. 24 a HUGE success! As most of you can imagine, it takes many hours, many people and the vast generosity of our community to make such an event a successful endeavor. We would especially like to thank our small local businesses and various individuals. Your generosity is overwhelming, ... |
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Kudos to Congress on health care Editor, Manteca Bulletin I would like to publicly thank the House of Representatives, especially my Congressman Jerry McNerney for having the courage, insight, and wisdom to pass H.R. 3962, the first health care reform bill in America. My wife is a Republican and I am a Democrat and we both heartily support these efforts to bring about comprehensive reform to our nation’s health care system. We understand that, at the outset, everything is not going ... |
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Boys & Girls Club’s rich history of helping kids who need it most Tucked at the bottom of a trinket box that I brought with me when I moved several months ago was a trophy that I assumed was one of the Little League tokens handed out to every player when the season concludes. |
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‘Economy’ blamed for thin turnout at luncheon faire There was a good-sized crowd at the perennially popular 43rd annual Holiday Luncheon and Crafts Faire sponsored by the Parent-Teacher Group of St. Anthony’s School over the weekend. But I’ve seen larger crowds. There were years when you had to fight the human traffic just to get to the booths bearing a plethora of truly unique creations. |
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Monopoly is so old school: It’s now Mantecaopoly It was the Great Depression that ironically gave rise to the popularity of Monopoly. With that in mind, perhaps Hasbro could be inspired by the Great Recession to come up with a new game – Mantecaopoly. The rules are a bit different. Instead of icons representing basic things in life such as sewing thimbles, an old car, a top hat, and a ship the game markers are a Plasma TV, Hummer, $2,000 baseball camp designed ... |
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