Guest Comment: Schools brace for budget impacts School districts throughout California will not know their budgets until the voters of California speak next November. This will be almost halfway through a school district’s fiscal year and assume...
Jan 26, 2012 | 0 | 10 |
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Richard Rogers Superintendent, Oakley Union School DistrictThepress.Net
Guest Comment: Parenting – not a spectator sport I often get asked by concerned community members as to what single attention can best advance education. It’s a complex challenge that, truth be told, defies single remedy. Actually, education can ...
Jan 26, 2012 | 0 | 1 |
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Walter Ruehlig Antioch Unified School District Board TrusteeThepress.Net
Guest comment: Delta at risk, help needed now Many may remember the fierce water battle days of the late 1970s and early 1980s. These battles culminated in the California State Legislature passing legislation that authorized the construction o...
Dec 22, 2011 | 0 | 5 |
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Mary Piepho, Contra Costa County District III SupervisorThepress.Net
Errors in Nix opinion column In response to questions concerning his Guest Comment in last week’s edition of The Press, former City Councilman and Mayor Brad Nix issued the following statements via e-mail: Nix claimed in his ...
Guest Comment: County priorities: Delta, transportation, budget As implementation of the recent redistricting process moves forward, I wanted to share some thoughts with you. I’m honored to now represent Bethel Island, Oakley and the majority of the City of An...
Oct 20, 2011 | 0 | 14 |
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Mary Nejedly Piepho Contra Costa County District III SupervisorThepress.Net
Editorial: Dawson should resign from CSD board As calls to step down from his seat on the CSD board continue from fellow directors and sentiment grows for a recall election if he doesn’t, it’s time for Vice President Brian Dawson to resign. In...
Guest Comment: In defense of school dress codes At church service this past weekend I saw a young lady who appeared to be auditioning for a scantily clad sojourn to the French Riviera. Seems modesty and restraint have flown the coop in our wildl...
Aug 25, 2011 | 0 | 8 |
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Walter Ruehlig Antioch Unified School District Board TrusteeThepress.Net
Guest Comment: Town must consider options before drilling I find it necessary at this time to clarify statements made in a letter that was published in last week’s DB Press. The letter was written by town General Manager Rick Howard as an explanation of t...
Aug 04, 2011 | 0 | 25 |
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Mark Simon Discovery Bay CSD DirectorThepress.Net
Guest Comment: Discovery Bay needs new well, rates There has been a lot of chatter recently about the need to increase water and wastewater rates in Discovery Bay. I can tell you: the decision to raise rates is difficult, but unfortunately, it’s a ...
Jul 28, 2011 | 0 | 27 |
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Rick Howard General Manager, Discovery Bay CSD Thepress.Net
Guest Comment: The failure of the loyal opposition
As superintendent of the Oakley Union Elementary School District, almost daily I receive numerous updates and editorials from various education-related organizations reporting on events in Sacramen...
Guest Comment: Student perspective on importance of sport
Sports are class. Practice is the material done in class. The game or competition is the test to see what has been learned. Sports teach life skills used in other areas in life. They build teams an...
Editorial: Learning a lesson from Antioch It’s hardly news that the City of Antioch is having a tough time these days. Budget woes have City Hall operating on a shoestring, and although negotiations to prevent further police layoffs contin...
Guest Comment: Don’t let community go to the dogs The popular lyrics “Who let the dogs out?” once brought grins. Now it’s more likely to solicit my grimace. After my dog, Sebastian, was attacked twice in the last month, those words take on a darke...
Editorial: Kids seem to get it this Christmas There’s always one. One particularly memorable kid out of the hundreds I talk to when it’s my privilege to play Santa at various functions each December. One year it was the girl who asked softly ...
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