Manteca Bulletin Does No Justice To Outside Candidates

It is typical of the Manteca Bulletin to not give any space to the new candidates.  Dennis Wyatt has been doing his best to see to it that all incumbents on the City Council get re-elected and all the space they need in his paper.  One notable fact is his fascination with Debby Moorhead for Mayor.  Is Dennis Wyatt tired of Willie running things?  Maybe so.

There is no doubt that we need new blood on this council and with it will come the new ideas and transparency we need.  Police and fire contracts need to be changed and this city needs to start a new fresh system of retirement packages to those who wish to work for the City of Manteca.  We do not owe anyone anything when it comes to work for those in the public safety area.  It's a job and they choose to do it.  That's it!  No special treatment just because it's dangerous.  

RDA needs to be more transparent and we need to make some changes to it, but there are those out there with their anti-government end of life as we know it theories that just get in the way.  Two popular complaint bloggers on the MB notably continue to harass and complain about RDA and those who know about it when the fact is, these dumb-ass idiots know nothing about it at all.  What can you say about those who really have nothing to do and no life of importance?

This coming Tuesday I plan to vote for Richard Behling and Samuel Anderson for City Council of Manteca.  I also plan to vote (with salt) for Perry for Mayor.  Samuel Anderson will bring the new ideas and background needed to make this city better.  Richard Behling will bring the transparency needed in order for us to understand what is going on and what we need to do about it.  These two are a force to recon with and together they will be a tremendous force on the council for our city.

November 2, 2010 - Vote for Richard Behling and Samuel Anderson for city council of Manteca.  Vote for Carlon Perry for Mayor of Manteca.  These are the best choices for Manteca.

Manteca Mayor Posts Half-Truths On His Website

I finally saw an advertisement on the MB regarding Mayor Willie Weatherford and had to click on it.  I was taken to his website.  It's a giant one-page advertisement with one image taking up the entire page.  I want to go through it so we can see just how honest this website is.

1.  "The local job market has increased to over 24,000 jobs"

What is wrong with this picture?  Do we even have those many jobs available with the mount of businesses in the City of Manteca?  No, we don't.  How is it so when we are currently at a 14.2% jobless rate in Manteca?  How can he rationalize the shear number of people who live in Manteca and those who are at legal age to work?  We have a population of 65,000 living in the City of Manteca.  Out of that number we have retired and school children which make up a considerable amount.  Then we have those who stay at home and raise the family.  Then we have several other categories that do not work either.  This with the amount of retail space and unoccupied LARGE buildings and warehouses, we just don't have the numbers he's touting.  If Willie is trying to say to us that we've enlarged this city enough to allow this number, then he can say it.  But, he's not!

2.  "The value of Manteca property has doubled, affording a major benefit to your city services"

The value of homes in Manteca has dropped.  It's going to continue to drop once January 1, 2011 arrives because of the Obama tax increases from the new health care bill that passed.  More homes will go under and more people will move away from Manteca.  What major benefit to our city services has this happened other than all the layoffs and cut-backs and forced early retirements in order to bring city budgets under control?  Just recently, the city manager Steve Pinkerton took a pay cut. 

3.  "Taxable sales have tripled - as a result of increased visitors - providing more services at no additional costs to residents"

Today's Headlines: "Manteca retail sales drop just 2.4%".  California as a whole plunges 15% in 3Q comparisons.  He's right about one thing...taxes have increased, but not for revenue generating services.  Our taxes in Manteca are the highest in the county.  We are part of some of the highest in the entire State.  I don't care what he might think or write about, EVERYTHING COSTS! 

On November 2, 2010 - Who will YOU be voting for?  More of the same?  Or, simply vote them out?