By George Runner We’ve all heard dramatic stories of lottery winners acquiring hundreds of millions of dollars only to declare bankruptcy a few years later. In fact, studies show 70 percent of all individuals who suddenly receive large amounts of money will lose it in a short period of time. The cause of this problem […]
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By Mike Wise, Washington Post KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia — What happens when the story you came to write doesn’t become the story anymore? What happens when that story does a 180-degree turn in mid-air, then a 540 and finally a dizzying 1260, spinning your perception completely around? I had heard Shaun White had become too […]
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By Jason Zweig, Washington Post By creating a new savings plan this past week called the myRA, President Obama refocused attention on the retirement crisis. While the myRA is a small step in the right direction, particularly for lower-income Americans, tens of millions of people remain trillions of dollars short of the savings they will […]
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To the community, Bread & Broth was very fortunate to have the Genasci/Stigers Family Dental Care group sponsor the Adopt A Day of Nourishment on Feb. 3. It was a busy night for the B&B volunteers and enthusiastically assisting them were Lee Anne Stigers, Jon Helman, Alejandra Quirarte, and Lisa Mascitelli. Thanks to the evening’s […]
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To the community, The following poem was written in 1971 when I was 19 and in the midst of a quest to see every state, city, national park – all this country had to offer. In every city and town, from New York to Dubuque, and on every highway, there were veterans who served in […]
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By Joe Guzzardi, Lodi News-Sentinel For decades, federal, state and municipal governments have ignored the consequences of population growth. Despite California’s ongoing battle against too little water, the Club for Growth and Wall Street want more, more, more. The 2012 birth rate drop triggered a series of near-panic mainstream media stories that a demographic zero […]
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By Robert Reich With polls showing that a majority of Americans now believe inequality has grown over the past decade, and favor tax increases on the wealthy to expand help to those in need, conservatives want to change the subject. Those with presidential ambitions say we should focus on poverty rather than on inequality. Sen. […]
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To the community, Why I went to the meeting Feb. 6: After reading the Catalyst Project document, I was shocked. This wasn’t a catalyst for commercial growth, it was an immense planned development. I realized that this project could never happen because there wasn’t enough commercially zoned land for a new 4-acre project. Then a […]
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To the community, At a time when many locals are struggling to make ends meet and tourists are in short supply, a change to the parking rules have caught some by surprise in the form of a $200 parking ticket. Last summer the entire City Council with the exception of JoAnn Conner voted in favor […]
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To the community, I am writing to address inaccurate information about Liberty Utilities’ current and authorized rates — effective over a year ago — and recently cited by an opponent of Liberty’s proposed 625/650 Electric Lines Upgrade Project. While some of the information cited is in California Public Utilities Commission documents as claimed, it is […]
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