Editor, Manteca Bulletin,
I’m writing to compliment you on a damn good clear and concise article (Stanislaus River: Quenching thirst of South  County farms & cities”, May 18) . . You really helped me understand the problem at a micro level but obviously the concepts you explain apply globally across the State’s water problem.
Oddly enough, and I realized this after reading your article: how can superior water rights from 1914 (state’s population 3 million) apply to 2016 numbers (40 million)? The numbers are never going to add up. Enron math, Wall Street math, it’s never going to balance.
Mike Smith
San Francisco

Many  boarded
up businesses
Editor, Manteca Bulletin,
I was watching an old cowboy movie with Clint Eastwood. He was walking down the main street of a cowboy town.
He looked left and then right at many boarded up businesses just like along Yosemite Avenue in Manteca. Not many want to live in a town with boarded up windows.
James Smith
Manteca