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Second Thoughts: With or without ‘Project X,’ diversity is key
The city of Tracy needs to diversify its economy, whether or not it lands a massive in-the-works mystery project.
Jan 13, 2012 | 4 4 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Second Thoughts: Tutoring program needs helping hand
For the past few years, Give Every Child A Chance has helped Tracy-area students turn failing grades into passing marks. In just the 2010-11 school year, 177 kids at Traina, Hawkins and Jacobson ...
Dec 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Second Thoughts: How to overcome an allergy to empathy
Small changes to classroom parties could make a big difference for young students with food allergies.
Dec 16, 2011 | 3 3 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Second Thoughts: Contract extension deserved front-and-center treatment
A four-year extension of the city manager's employment agreement deserved more attention.
Oct 28, 2011 | 36 36 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Second Thoughts: The right call for the war memorial
It's the right time to come together as a community dealing with the scars of war.
Oct 14, 2011 | 4 4 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Second Thoughts: War memorial is a matter of honor
The suicide of Staff Sgt. David Senft shouldn’t overshadow the service of the military man who once called Tracy home.
Oct 07, 2011 | 33 33 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Second Thoughts: Tracy's citizens step up again
by Jon Mendelson / Tracy Press
Sep 16, 2011 | 22 22 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
Once again, when faced with neighbors in need, residents of Tracy find a way to help.
Second Thoughts: A community pulls through
by Jon Mendelson / Tracy Press
Sep 11, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
Terrorists tried to rip the nation apart on Sept. 11, 2001, but folks in Tracy stuck together.
Tilted Windmills: The growth of the Me Party
by Mike McLellan / For the Tracy Press
Sep 09, 2011 | 3 3 comments | 29 29 recommendations | email to a friend
There is a new political movement gaining wide acceptance in our country. It is the Me Party. Perhaps you have not heard of it, but certainly you intuitively know all about it. The Me Party’s pl...
Second Thoughts: Severance package designed to put the past in the past
by By Jon Mendelson / Tracy Press
Sep 02, 2011 | 19 19 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
The city has its reasons for Chief Janet Thiessen's severance, but that hasn't made many people feel better about it. Also, thoughts on the Bean Pageant and city block parties.
Second Thoughts: The public deserves more out of county’s redistricting
by Jon Mendelson / Tracy Press
Jul 29, 2011 | 2 2 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
Three years ago, California voters decided it was too dangerous to let politicians carve up their own political districts.
Second Thoughts: TCCA looks to take bigger steps in second year
by Jon Mendelson / Tracy Press
Jul 22, 2011 | 16 16 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
The group built to promote downtown Tracy says attracting more businesses to the city’s historic core is task No. 1 for Year No. 2.
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