It's My Dime... The Great Experiment - Failure?
By Bull153

My involvement in The Great Experiment began a long, long time ago (last year) in a far, far away place (Manteca) as a participant on these insidious blogs of the Manteca Bulletin. As a regular blogger, I was recognized by those pragmatic souls searching for and exchanging various points of view and ideals. But soon the blogs were infiltrated by narcissistic intruders whose repet*itive and quite often vulgar posts threatened the synergism of our blogs ...

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Fighting Racism,a War that Never Ends
By rozemist

I was appalled to read about the Landlord who posted a
"White Only" sign at the property's pool.
This occurred in Cincinnati ,Ohio an apartment Landlord
Posted the sign,and before this sign had posted one
that stated " Public Swimming Pool,White Only"
What excuse is the Landlord giving for putting out
the signs ?,"that the chemical the teenage girl used in her
hair clouded the pool water."

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BLD and the PR Spin
By KarenPearsall

"It cost Big League Dreams $21,925 last year to partner with the City of Manteca to open up the sports complex for the community’s annual Fourth of July celebration.

That figure - which includes sacrificing all of the gate reciepts, lost revenue from use of the fields, employee costs, and operating expenses that run the gamut from electricity to clean-up - is something that BLD Chief Operating Officer Jeff Odekirk has no ...

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Teen sues Family
By DLangdon

http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/13/us/texas-pregnant-teen/index.html?hpt=us_c2

According to the article a 14 year old girl in Texas is suing her family to prevent them from forcing her to have an abortion.

According to her lawyer Steve Casey the girl was physically and verbally abused during an attempt to force her to have an abortion. Her wish is to carry the child to term. A temporary Restraining order has been issued and the family is ...

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The Deafening On-Line Silence
By KarenPearsall

Thank goodness for these blog pages or I fear that the Bulletin's on-line forum would be completely abandoned. For those of us with paid subscriptions, we can see the devastating effects of the Bulletin's new "pay to play" policy on the news and opinion sections' commentaries and posts. In brief, there aren't any (or only one every few days). Now, some extreme conservative views and posts really bothered me, but I do miss the exchanges ...

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