It's no secret! The political attacks are now a reality in the race for Mayor of Manteca. Here's the clincher I found out about the Manteca Bulletin having mentioned that Samuel Anderson is the one that takes it to the floor like an ultimate fighter. But first, here's a little something from Dennis Wyatt in his first sentence of this article: "Get ready for one of the most polite - and possibly closest - races for mayor Manteca has ever seen."
Dennis Wyatt continues to say,
"Regardless of how the race is handicapped at this stage, one thing is for sure: This will be a race involving manners and not throat cutting although Anderson has a reputation for being more than strident." You can read it all right here.
"Weatherford, Cantu, and Moorhead are all sincere when they say they respect each other. In fact, they are all members of the same service club - the Manteca Noon Kiwanis. They have disagreed in the past without wielding an ax to bury in the other guy’s back. In other words, they are cordial and don’t throw a fit when they don’t get their way nor do they resort to personal attacks."
Is that so, Dennis? Really? Are you SURE???
Wow! This is really amazing! What was it that Dennis Wyatt said about 'Weatherford, Cantu, and Moorhead'? Oh, yes...they "respect each other." And let's not forget they are all members of the Kiwanis. Oh, and they don't wield an ax in each others back. Really? "Nor do they result to personal attacks."
What does this ad say? Well, it says "Ms. Moorhead" two times in the same paragraph. She has "fallen in line", and is lacking...in safety, leadership, focus, response, being fiscal and has NO CULTURE. Could it be he's pissed off about her running for mayor? Who cares! Debby is running because it's going to give Willie the advantage of splitting the votes.
So, Dennis Wyatt says that Samuel Anderson needs to tone it down, keep it straight and ethical and "Regardless of how the race is handicapped at this stage, one thing is for sure: This will be a race involving manners and not throat cutting." Dennis goes on to say, "Cantu has been shaping up as a formidable candidate as he has been running a low-key campaign." LMAO!!!
"There is one thing that can totally upset the apple cart of anyone’s version of conventional wisdom and that’s Samuel Anderson." I agree! Either way, his running in the race to be on the council is a good decision this year. I think he'll get it. He has my vote.
KEEP RUNNING THOSE ADS BEN...AND DEBBY, YOU NEED TO FIGHT BACK...COME ON, SHOW YOUR LOVE, CUT HIS THROAT!
You and Willie share the same Kiwanis and have done so for many years. You and Willie both are retired from the City of Manteca with a generous salary to boot. Both have had several years of the same items holding this city back and you've done nothing about it. But now you've repented and want to make amends? You still want to spend which means more taxes. NO THANKS! We've had enough of former city employees running this city.
You have not even given a SINGLE reason why we should spend $98,000 on a full-time 'staff person'. Again, another city job created out of thin air. The only permanent revenue stream would be that persons salary. There is no evidence to the contrary that even begins to solidify your theory of such a position.
Samuel Anderson predicted this fall-out years ago before you even ran. He was right on the money each and every time. He was the first to suggest a 'rainy day fund', not Steve DeBrum. He's also against spending more than we have and find better solutions which Mayor Weatherford started doing by taking the ideas from Samuel's website.
Your title is simply a smoke screen to slam the city council and I'll say it again, it does not address any proven reason to hire a staff person to research and find ways for permanent revenue streams.
HECK! There are plenty of folks in this city that can do that already, and with Mr. Anderson's open door policy and plan to create committees on this, he'll soon enough find ways to have it all done. Yes, it's time for a change and a new focus to get away from those who worked for the city that do nothing but tax and spend our money.