Archive By Section - Editorial
A few years back, a reporter asked Gov. Jerry Brown what he thought of the movement to legalize marijuana.
November 17, 2017
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BY DENNIS WYATT
Turlock Journal
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Editorial
Valley residents are taxed too much, the United States is falling behind other countries competitively, we continue to lose American jobs overseas, and we are over $20 trillion in debt. Last week, the House took a big step toward addressing these issues by introducing a tax reform bill that will reduce the tax burden of individuals and families in all tax brackets, make our businesses more competitive, and grow our economy. If passed and signed into law this year, this bill will provide much-needed tax relief for Americans starting January 1.
November 14, 2017
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BY CONGRESSMAN JEFF DENHAM
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Editorial
What's wrong with us?
November 10, 2017
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BY DENNIS WYATT
Turlock Journal
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Editorial
Jack Ehnes, Christopher Ailman, Ted Eliopoulos, and Marcie Frost have all just received bonuses totaling $902,000.
November 07, 2017
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BY DENNIS WYATT
Turlock Journal
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Editorial
One of California's most regressive taxes became even more regressive on Tuesday.
November 03, 2017
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BY DENNIS WYATT
Turlock Journal
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Editorial
We are loving Yosemite National Park to death.
October 31, 2017
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BY DENNIS WYATT
Turlock Journal
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Editorial
Google, Facebook, et al say they are just conduits - much like the proverbial public square - so that they can't be held legally responsible for what transpires on the platforms they have created.
October 27, 2017
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BY DENNIS WYATT
Turlock Journal
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Editorial
One of the gifts of living in a representative democracy is that voting is only one of the rights it confers. For ordinary people who want to make change - who in some way want to alter their neighborhood or town or state or even the nation - the promise exists that by dint of their own efforts they can do so. This is a precious gift.
October 27, 2017
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BY LEE H. HAMILTON
Guest columnist
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Editorial
This is not a good time to be a PG&E stockholder - or a California Public Utilities Commission apologist for that matter.
October 24, 2017
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BY DENNIS WYATT
Turlock Journal
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Editorial
Boys and girls are different.
October 17, 2017
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BY DENNIS WYATT
Turlock Journal
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Editorial
Climate change means we will have more and more destructive wildfires.
October 13, 2017
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BY DENNIS WYATT
Turlock Journal
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Editorial
A protest convoy of more than 300 trucks minus trailers rolling down Highway 99 from Yuba City to Fresno on Friday was designed to bring attention to the byzantine regulations governing some of the hardest and least appreciated workers on the planet - truckers.
October 10, 2017
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BY DENNIS WYATT
Turlock Journal
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Editorial
Voters are being asked in November to approve a $4 billion general obligation bond to pay for affordable housing.
October 06, 2017
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BY DENNIS WYATT
Turlock Journal
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Editorial
My Aunt Ethel was aghast when she found out at a family Christmas Eve gathering in 1975 that I had paid $11,000 for a year-old Chevy Monza.
October 03, 2017
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BY DENNIS WYATT
Turlock Journal
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Editorial
The Health Insurance Tax (HIT), a multibillion-dollar annual tax created by the Affordable Care Act, is set to return on Jan. 1, forcing nearly 100 million Americans - including employers, families and individuals - to pay for a 3 to 5 percent increase in health insurance premiums. It may not seem obvious, but this tax will strike the agricultural industry hard, hurting hundreds of thousands of farmers and employees in California's fertile heartland and countless others nationwide.
September 29, 2017
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BY BILL MATTOS
California Poultry Federation
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Editorial