Archive By Section - Letters to the Editor
Connecting the dots in Turlock politics
Dear Editor, I would like to educate the Turlock voters to what I see is going on at City Hall, behind the scenes. 1. Out-of-town developer Mark Hall donated $25,000 to Amy Bublak and Kurt Vander Weide's City Council campaigns in 2008. Is that because he wants to develop houses on the west side of Highway 99 where there are no roads, water, sewer or schools. 2. Councilman Ted Howze owns property on Taylor Road ...
What goes around comes around
The recent arrest of Anna Ybarra for embezzlement is the very sad result of another supposed adult selfishly tarnishing an organization developed for the enjoyment of children.
Campaign signs tell us nothing
The forthcoming election has brought out many large and very bright signs for the candidates. Wouldn't it be nice if Turlock had an ordinance prohibiting the placement of signs before Oct. 1? While the signs make a point, they do not provide information on who the candidates are, their education, background, or their knowledge of the Ed-code of California. What about their positions on those issues not controlled by County and State Educational Codes and ...
Dam busters
In the last 12 years, over 400 hydroelectric dams and their associated reservoirs have been dismantled in the United States of America. While China is building dams all over the place, the United States is tearing them down. Why?
Handicapped treated like second class citizens at Fair concert
Dear Editor, I had the pleasure of going to see Huey Lewis and the News at the Stanislaus County Fair a couple of weeks ago. The concert was great, but the seating they had for handicap individuals was horrible. I was in a wheelchair due to a foot injury and while I'm out of it now, there are others that aren't and they needed those seats. We counted a total of 16 seats in the ...
Legislative prayer is a cherished and American tradition
On August 13, 2009, the City of Turlock received written correspondence from the Freedom from Religion Foundation urging the City Council to discontinue the practice of scheduling an invocation before Turlock City Council meetings.
It’s time to end discrimination
Editor, Every American should applaud President Obama for signaling his intent to seek the repeal of the grossly unconstitutional Defense of Marriage Act. The start of another school year is a good time to refresh our memories of what all students should have learned in civics class. DOMA prohibits federal recognition of same-sex marriages and permits states to refuse to recognize such unions formed in other states. But this clearly violates the U.S. Constitution. The ...
Medicine kills
Dear Editor, This letter address the "Healthy beginning" article which ran in the Aug. 15 issue of the Journal and our nation's health care reform issue. Our health care system is the number one cause of death in the United States. The Dec. 21, 1994 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association estimated that 180,000 Americans die each year from iatrogenic (doctor induced) injury. This number is 1/4 of the 2004 estimate from ...
Support your local auto dealers
Every person in Turlock and the surrounding communities, really does need to understand how lucky we are to have such honest and reputable auto dealers here. Your local dealerships are all family-owned and employ many of your friends and neighbors; and it has been my experience that these employees are some of the nicest, kindest and most professional people in our community. Yes, we have all heard of how the U.S. auto industry has been ...
We need health care for everyone
Dear Editor: Health care has been of great significance to me throughout the entirety of my life. Due to a heart condition, as well as lung problems, I require relatively extensive health care. However, I am one of the nearly 46 million Americans who currently do not have health insurance. Many people, ranging from political pundits to the average citizen, argue that the president's plan for health care reform is a poor idea. From what ...
The Turlock City Council is sleepwalking
Is the Turlock City Council living in a dream world? Their actions seem to indicate they are for the following reasons:
We need help on the Westside
In response to the letter to the editor about Westside discrimination which ran in the July 8 issue of the Journal, I agree 100 percent with the writer.
Education, not construction should be CSUS’s top priority
California State University, Stanislaus administration has expressed deep concern for the state of the California State budget. Why then, have they dismantled a perfectly good sign at the Monte Vista and Del's Lane entrance? Are they preparing the area for a different sign at the entrance to match those on Crowell Road and Geer Road? What about the sculpture that has been removed from the Del's Lane entrance?
Don’t wait to show your love
Recently we, and the Turlock community, lost two of the nicest, most giving people we had ever met. This couple donated many hours of service here and died within weeks of each other. Shirley and Roger will be warmly remembered by everyone who knew them.
Larsen was good for CSUS and good for the community
Editor, There are a lot of people in this community of Turlock, businesses as well of course, who enjoy supporting the sports programs at California State University, Stanislaus, particularly the men's basketball program. That is why it was discouraging to learn last spring that Coach Larsen, head coach of the men's basketball team, was let go. Coach Larsen worked effectively with the up and coming basketball players who came to CSUS over the past several ...
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Thank you Colin
Editor, As a citizen of Turlock I want to express a big THANK YOU to Colin Kaepernick. Colin, you may not have won Super Bowl XLVII, but you are a real winner in so many other ways. With your focus, determination and positive attitude, you are a great role model for our young people - and the not-so-young as well. This is true even without the amazing things you've accomplished on the football field ...
We need to show Kap and family our support
Although local businesses are stepping up and showing Colin their support, does the City of Turlock have anything in the works, to show this young man and his family, the support they truly deserve? The character of this young man and his family is just as impressive as his "Super Man" athletic ability. The combination of his character and talents is sweeping the nation, and in the process, bringing a little fame to ...
We need a Kaepernick Day parade
I would like to suggest that the City of Turlock have a "Colin Kaepernick Day" that includes a parade down Main Street, with Kaep as the Grand Marshall and his parents riding in a car behind him. I believe this would show Kaep just how proud Turlock is of him. I'm quite sure that some of his team mates would come to Turlock with him. I don't think that it would be that ...
Starbucks customers go above and beyond to help foster youth
Whenever anyone tries to tell me that people have "lost the spirit of the season," I only need to tell them about the holiday gift drive that my agency, Aspiranet, participates in each year with Starbucks in the Turlock area. For the past four years, we've had the amazing good fortune to impact the lives of thousands of foster youth because of this special partnership that helps collect thousands of gifts at hundreds of ...
Volunteers make Christmas special for less fortunate and lonely
On behalf of Turlock Together and the Turlock Salvation Army, I wish to thank all of the volunteers and donors who so generously contributed time, money, foodstuffs, drinks, linens and other materials that once again helped make this year's free Christmas dinner such a special day for more than 1,000 of our community's less fortunate and lonely. A traditional hot turkey and dressing dinner with all of the trimmings capped a wonderful afternoon ...
Thank you for your generosity
Once again Mr. and Mrs. Claus left the North Pole to hand out many of the toys that the wonderful people of Turlock donated this year through the Post Office. (Without) you, many of our less fortunate children in the community would have gone without a toy this Christmas. Your donation reflects on the smiling faces and joy we see when a child is seated between Santa and I to receive his or her present and take that ...
Antidepressants cause violent behavior
Dear Editor, Please help to prevent the school shooter tragedies by informing your readers of the fact that nearly every shooter has been on (prescription) antidepressants. All such meds carry the same black box warning of increased: ideation of suicide, suicide, violence, homicide - at twice the rate of placebo. Handgun control is not the answer - not drugging our youth will bring these incidents to an end. Only the severely depressed ...
Thanks for positive news about our Kaep
Dear Editor, Thank you for covering the volunteer work done by Colin Kaepernick at Camp Taylor. The last few weeks has generated a variety of down-right insulting news articles about Mr. Kaepernick; it was nice to see the Turlock Journal defend our hometown quarterback! I am sure Mr. Kaepernick is aware he is now in the spotlight, and I am sure he will continue to surprise us. - Larry Rumbeck
Cheerleaders too racy for parade
My family and I attended the Turlock Christmas parade. This is an annual event for us and we usually enjoy it to the fullest. This year was quite the opposite when the Stanislaus State cheerleaders came parading by with their behinds hanging out. This was very inappropriate and offensive to us and many others. - Aileen Bawcum
Be thankful to have a job
I find it odd that out of all the employees at the Turlock Raley's only five employees felt the need to honor the picket line. In talking to the employees who have decided to stay with Raley's and keep doing their jobs all have said that their wages and benefits are very fair. Everyone that I talked to was disheartened that the union refused to let them vote on the proposed settlement offered by ...
Downtown pots no longer tended by garden club
On Oct. 8, 2012, The Turlock Garden Club wrote a letter to the Turlock Downtown Property Owners Association informing them the Turlock Garden Club could no longer continue to plant and care for the Turlock downtown flower pots. The Turlock Garden Club wishes to inform the citizens of Turlock and the business community that there have been some unresolved watering issues that made it impossible to plant in pots because of some pots ...
There are better ways to spend tax payers' money
I have lived in Stanislaus County for about 65 years. I know many residents of Turlock and most of us pay property tax in the mid to high 1,000s because we were thought to have back bone and to work and save and respect our country. I have to say when I read about the cities of Turlock and Modesto building more low-income housing with granite counters and with swimming pools and computer rooms, ...
More communication, please
It was quite a surprise when we started getting a lot of kids coming in our (downtown) store looking for their Halloween candy. We were told by the city that there was not going to be anything going on this year. It seems that the powers of city hall don't want to keep the shops informed. I guess we don't count. We always have a little bit of candy for our customers, but ...
Back up the train, for the economy's sake
Is congressional candidate Jose Hernandez's support of the $96 billion high-speed rail boondoggle a sign that he doesn't grasp that California and Washington are both derailing the economy through deficit spending? Consultants alone have cost upwards of $12 million. Potential private investors consider the project too risky. Central Valley farmers, farm bureaus, and other agricultural related groups are vigorously opposed to the rail line route that would compromise 15,000 acres of prime farmland, agribusiness ...
We need to know what's in our food
Are we going to allow the two largest contributors to the No on 37 campaign, Monsanto and Dupont - who told us Agent Orange and DDT are safe - convince us that we don't have a right to know what they're doing to our food? Ten days of incessant discredited lies have taken their effect, but in the end Californians will not be fooled by these tactics. The paramount question that every voter must ...
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