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Your Voice: All hands on tax day
EDITOR, Hats off to the postal workers at our local post office. I picked the worst day in the country to mail an item, this being tax day (Monday, April 15). The traffic around the building was m...
Apr 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
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Your Voice: In search of healthy options
EDITOR, Restaurants that provide healthier food options are desperately needed in Tracy. Yes, I understand that it is up to an individual to chose healthier foods in the restaurants in Tracy, but w...
Apr 19, 2013 | 9 9 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
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Your Voice: Bomb pranksters need mental help
EDITOR, A few weeks ago we had several bomb scares at our local high schools. These bomb scares have left our young high school students scared and wondering, left the Tracy Police Department askin...
Apr 19, 2013 | 6 6 comments | 25 25 recommendations | email to a friend
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Our Voice: Students set example for public participation
Popular wisdom says you can’t fight City Hall. But sometimes, you can get City Hall to listen.
Apr 12, 2013 | 3 3 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
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Your Voice: Remember prom for right reasons
EDITOR, Excitement grows for teens because proms and graduation celebrations are coming fast. I remember being eager to dress up with all of the extras and spend nights with my friends. I know tee...
Apr 12, 2013 | 2 2 comments | 52 52 recommendations | email to a friend
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Your Voice: House building limit holds back Tracy
EDITOR, A recent report to our city stated that Tracy might have the opportunity to be a satellite Silicon Valley and provide our children and citizens with thousands of high-paying jobs. Many yea...
Apr 12, 2013 | 72 72 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
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Your Voice: Veteran leaves for greener pastures
by Michael Horn, Daegu, South Korea
Apr 05, 2013 | 8 8 comments | 39 39 recommendations | email to a friend
EDITOR, I’m a former 11-year Tracy resident who voted with his feet after the November election in California. My military pension was taxed at the state’s former maximum rate of 10.3 percent, and ...
Your Voice: A tiring case of ID theft
by Malma Nicholson, Stockton
Apr 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
EDITOR, If you own a retail outlet in Tracy that sells tires, be aware that a person identifying himself as R.E. Nicholson presenting a check with a Manteca address — please do not accept the check...
Your Voice: Gun enforcement, not more laws
by Al Galaviz, Tracy
Mar 29, 2013 | 7 7 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
EDITOR, This nation is tearing itself apart after the horrible and senseless shooting of small school children at Sandy Hook Elementary School. We all failed — the parent of the shooter, the mercha...
Your Voice: Distinguished Young Women deserves support
by Tori Gottberg, Tracy
Mar 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
EDITOR, As South Tracy’s Junior Miss of 2006, I’m a strong supporter of the renamed Tracy’s Distinguished Young Women program. Sadly, the program is suffering a lack of community support and fundin...
Your Voice: Schools need better policy
by Tiffany Ross, Tracy
Mar 22, 2013 | 8 8 comments | 30 30 recommendations | email to a friend
EDITOR, I have two children at Kimball High, a freshman and a senior. I work in San Jose at a law firm. I have been on standby for my children since last week. I am assuming that the Tracy Press g...
Your Voice: Time to take responsibility
by Deborah Littleton, Tracy
Mar 22, 2013 | 3 3 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
EDITOR, What is with the kids in the local high schools? My guess is that they really want to spend that extra time in school during the summer when they could be snoozing, camping and traveling. ...
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