This Is Port City: Tonight Stockton Will Decide To Go Forward With Ba...

This Is Port City: Tonight Stockton Will Decide To Go Forward With Ba...: What would your solution be, if you were one of the council members during all the bankruptcy negotiations with the City's creditors? ...

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Oh Zee's Words of Wisdom: CalPERS says Illegal funds are now Legal?

Oh Zee's Words of Wisdom: CalPERS says Illegal funds are now Legal?: STOCKTON - While in violation of the city charter, retirement benefits that Stockton paid for years on behalf of some elected leaders wer...

Oh Zee's Words of Wisdom: RON PAUL IS OUR AMERICAN ICON

Oh Zee's Words of Wisdom: RON PAUL IS OUR AMERICAN ICON: MSM Sounds Scared about the RON PAUL FACTOR! "He's Racking up delegates!" "He sure is!" RON PAUL HAS AMERICAN VALUES SRC="http:...

Oh Zee's Words of Wisdom: Blue Dog Democrats and Decline to State voters are...

Oh Zee's Words of Wisdom: Blue Dog Democrats and Decline to State voters are...: Shirley Husar LOS ANGELES, May 12, 2012 — Currently there's a bold new revolution going on in California, unlike every other time, thi...

Oh Zee's Words of Wisdom: Hoodie March Planned For Stockton - Sacramento New...

Oh Zee's Words of Wisdom: Hoodie March Planned For Stockton - Sacramento New...: Hoodie March Planned For Stockton - Sacramento News Story - KCRA Sacramento We will show the rest of the USA how we can turn 'the worst ci...

Oh Zee's Words of Wisdom: Mayor's Race Is Wide Open!

Oh Zee's Words of Wisdom: Mayor's Race Is Wide Open!: By Scott Smith Record Staff Writer May 06, 2012 12:00 AM STOCKTON - Incumbent Mayor Ann Johnston appears to be the candidate to beat,...

Oh Zee's Words of Wisdom: Can Ron Paul Beat Obama: News says No, People Say...

Oh Zee's Words of Wisdom: Can Ron Paul Beat Obama: News says No, People Say...

Oh Zee's Words of Wisdom: Official: City headed in right direction

Oh Zee's Words of Wisdom: Official: City headed in right direction: This has got to be because of the newly active citizens, whom I am provoking to stand up for their rights. This Story is trying real har...

STOCKTON NOT ONLY CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS

Sacramento Bee Columnist Dan Walters has recently pointed out that Stockton is not the only local government to put itself into a precarious financial situation. Other cities and even the state are facing dire times. Similarities exist between the faltering city of Stockton and the state, where both have gotten stripped bare themselves following the 'boom' years, and suffered consequences during the bust years. In particular, some surprisingly generous benefits were extended at all levels of government. But once the economy turned sour, governments were left holding the bag with few options. And neither fare well for our fate. Stockton and Mammoth Lakes are both using new laws in California to renegotiate debts and restructure finances, however that option doesn’t exist for the State. Los Angeles isn’t knocking on the door of AB 506 yet, however, they are beginning to discuss their finances, a conversation that’s including the “B-word.” From the Sacramento Bee: It’s easy – justifiably so – to beat up on Stockton for spending itself into a fiscal hole so deep that bankruptcy may be its only course. City officials borrowed and spent heavily on a baseball park, a sports arena, a marina and other facilities in hopes of resurrecting a woebegone downtown, and simultaneously boosted their employees’ salaries and fringe benefits.