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Your Voice: City leaders should abide spirit, letter of law
EDITOR , We do not reside in the city limits of Tracy, but we do have bested interest in the city and are concerned how the city is governed. Quoting Larry Hite (“Political sign season heats up,”...
Aug 27, 2010 | 24 24 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Your Voice: Don’t follow extremists in return to the past
EDITOR , Frank Aquila, president of the South San Joaquin Republicans, has written several letters in recent months to valley newspapers about Rep. Jerry McNerney. Recently he wrote, “… The unemp...
Aug 27, 2010 | 49 49 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Your Voice: McNerney is no moderate
EDITOR , Anyone who believes Rep. Jerry McNerney is a moderate has been drinking swamp water. McNerney is a liberal, who has voted for 95.2 percent of Nancy Pelosi’s agenda of communistic ideals ...
Aug 20, 2010 | 24 24 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Your Voice: Boys & Girls and the city of Tracy
EDITOR , On behalf of the staff, board of directors and members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Tracy, we would like to congratulate the city of Tracy on its centennial anniversary. As the city ...
Aug 13, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Your Voice: A difficult, commendable decision
EDITOR , I cried when I read Brian Williams’ article (“It’s not the owner — it really is the breed”) in the Aug. 6 edition of the Tracy Press. I can only imagine how difficult it was for him to ...
Aug 13, 2010 | 4 4 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Your Voice: Life taken for statistics
EDITOR , While I agree with Mr. Williams’ conclusion (“It’s not the owner — it really is the breed,” Aug. 6 Tracy Press) that pit bull ownership should be regulated. But I was stunned by his act...
Aug 13, 2010 | 2 2 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Your Voice: Grocer backs plastic bag ban
by John Quinn, Food4Less and Rancho San Miguel, Stockton
Aug 06, 2010 | 5 5 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
EDITOR, In a recent commentary on Assembly Bill 1998, the bill that would ban single-use plastic bags, the author (Gloria Allen, July 23 Tracy Press) states that this legislation is not the way to...
Your Voice: Cop should set a good example
by Nancy Whelihan, Tracy
Aug 06, 2010 | 17 17 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
EDITOR, I have been debating all summer whether or not to write this letter, but after today I felt compelled. I am a school teacher, so I normally work out at Curves in Tracy in the evenings. T...
Your Voice: Retire these politicians
by Tom Wilson, Stockton
Aug 06, 2010 | 6 6 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
EDITOR, It’s time to repeal ObamaCare and to repeal one of the congressmen — Jerry McNerney — who voted for this measure that will take away the health insurance of millions of Americans. Accordi...
Your Voice: Judge overrules the voters
by Earl Jess, Tracy
Aug 06, 2010 | 118 118 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
EDITOR, It’s happened again, only this time in California. Some gutless wonder of a mealy-mouthed judge has told the voters of California that he doesn’t give a darn what the majority of voters wa...
Your Voice: At least Arizona had guts
by Earl Jess, Tracy
Jul 30, 2010 | 23 23 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Well, I see our federal government is up to its old tricks by disallowing Arizona to police its own borders and protect itself from the dregs of society...
Your Voice: Broken lives, thanks to a DUI
by Franz R. Kegel, Stockton
Jul 29, 2010 | 2 2 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
There are no winners in DUI crash prosecutions. We, as a society, are all losers.
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