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His Voice: Join California’s conceal-and-carry crusade
Every so often there is a gun control measure put on the ballot for voters to consider. Most such measures are misguided efforts to reduce violent crime. The theory behind such restrictive gun meas...
Jan 27, 2012 | 17 17 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Your Voice: One-size-all doesn’t fit family at graduations
EDITOR, Senior graduation used to be a time when you could gather all your family around you and share a moment in your life when you accomplished what one would hope is a first of many goals to a...
Jan 27, 2012 | 3 3 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Your voice: Hospice says thanks for the help
EDITOR, As the 2011 holiday season sunsets, Hospice of San Joaquin extends a warm appreciation to our community for your continued support throughout our 30-plus year history. We especially want t...
Jan 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Your Voice: A victory for transparency
EDITOR, A superior court judge recently ordered the release of all pension data for 50,000 Los Angeles County government retirees, rejecting arguments by the union that the records are confidentia...
Jan 20, 2012 | 3 3 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Your voice: City responds to unhappy vendor
Leon Churchill, city manager for the city of Tracy, responds to a previously printed letter to the editor to address claims that the city failed to give bidding preference to a local vendor
Jan 06, 2012 | 29 29 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
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Your voice: An awesome downtown co-op
EDITOR, Did you shop at the Holiday Arts and Crafts Co-op in downtown Tracy this Christmas season? If not, you missed a fabulous opportunity to choose from countless unique gifts made by more than...
Jan 06, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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Your Voice: The president’s outsized ego
by Thomas O. Whitten, Tracy
Dec 30, 2011 | 2 2 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
EDITOR, Presidents tend to have outsized egos. The current POTUS certified his narcissistic personality disorder when, in a” 60 Minutes” interview, he said, “I would put our legislative and foreig...
Your Voice: Be responsible, act appropriately with allergies
by Anne Kristensen, Tracy
Dec 23, 2011 | 1 1 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
EDITOR, I don’t feel that a school food policy should be just about one child (“How to overcome an allergy to empathy,” Dec. 16 Tracy Press). However, in response to what Jon Mendelson wrote, I wo...
Your Voice: Hawkins community filled with empathy
by Leslie Parks, Tracy
Dec 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
EDITOR, I have been in this community a little over two years. We moved here from out of state. I am 34 years old with two children, an 11- and 9-year-old who both attend Hawkins Elementary School...
Your Voice: Community spirit makes Tracy a special town
by Steve Abercrombie, Tracy
Dec 23, 2011 | 3 3 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
EDITOR, I spoke to Tracy Fire Department Chief Al Nero the other day about the recent house fire in Tracy (“Community rallies around fire victims,” Page 8, Dec. 16 Tracy Press). Chief Nero was ama...
Your Voice: If military can take cuts, so can cops
by Thomas Bist, Tracy
Dec 23, 2011 | 3 3 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
EDITOR, I agree Lisa Pedranti that law enforcement should get a retirement (“Police, firefighters deserve every penny,” Dec. 9 Tracy Press), but let’s not forget who really protects us. The milit...
Your Voice: A Christmas miracle
by Sandra Miller, Tracy
Dec 16, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
EDITOR, It was 2004, a day that will be ingrained in my memory forever. Indiana had one of the worst snowfalls ever, and my 88-year-old mother had disappeared. No one knew she was gone, but an aw...
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