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Second Thoughts: Two ways to look at city budget
Officials label the city's financial situation as bright, but is that really the case?
Apr 13, 2012 | 12 12 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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Our voice: Businessman’s take adds weight to city’s words
Hamid Moghadam, chairman and co-CEO of Prologis, puts perspective on this year's State of the City address.
Mar 30, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
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Our Voice: Service is alive and well in Tracy
A recent proposal by six local service groups shows the true spirit of the Tracy community.
Mar 23, 2012 | 12 12 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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OUR VOICE: Clarity required on council agenda item
It’s ironic that during Sunshine Week — dedicated to reducing obfuscation in government — the Tracy City Council is preparing to deal with the fallout of an agenda item that provided no clear illum...
Mar 16, 2012 | 6 6 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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OUR VOICE: A little thanks for living in Tracy
Be thankful you live in Tracy, at least for today. The city’s midyear budget report issued Tuesday showed a town doing a reasonable job of weathering the worst fiscal storm in the past half-centur...
Feb 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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OUR VOICE: A round of Valentine’s bouquets
In honor of this year’s Valentine’s Day, we’re bringing back our barbs and bouquets, and handing them out to a few deserving parties. Bouquet: A special Valentine’s gift for the 9th Circuit Cour...
Feb 10, 2012 | 6 6 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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SECOND THOUGHTS: 9th Circuit Court makes decision for justice
by Jon Mendelson/Tracy Press
Feb 10, 2012 | 12 12 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Four years ago, a slim majority of California voters chose to eliminate the right to marry for same-sex couples. In a great reversal of justice, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal this week decided t...
TILTED WINDMILLS: Daydreaming, my dear Watson
by Mike McLellan
Feb 10, 2012 | 2 2 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
Some of us daydream. We consider things that might have been. Today, let us daydream together. Let us suppose that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had written “Terrier of the Baskervilles.” Sherlock Holme...
SECOND THOUGHTS: When history’s first draft gets it wrong
by Jon Mendelson/Tracy Press
Feb 03, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Despite the sincere efforts of journalists, sometimes honest mistakes make it into print.
Our Voice: Next congressman could be caught in the middle
by Press Editorial Board
Jan 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Political stance is needed to define water interests, needs in the region.
Your voice: Consider Youth Hoops league
by Conner Hill, Tracy
Jan 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
EDITOR, Thank you for all that you do in the Tracy Press newspaper, and all the time and effort you put into it. But one thing that I think would be better is putting more info on local sports lea...
Our Voice: Tough choices confront voters in year ahead
by Press Editorial Board
Dec 30, 2011 | 3 3 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
2012 promises to be a year of tough choices. Not just for elected leaders — who must adeptly wrestle with ongoing deficits, demands for increased services and the typical stresses of politics — but...
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