Valley News: Valley News Endorses Anthony Silva for Mayor

Valley News: Valley News Endorses Anthony Silva for Mayor: "Valley News Endorses Anthony Silva for Mayor Stockton, CA. has been one of if not the hardest hit city in America, ailing crime, foreclosures, and a city council that seems unable to make the right decisions. When these type problems are compiled with inflation, and a shrinking budget, the outcome is a city like Stockton, CA.

 Voted the most miserable city in America in two of the last three years, Stockton is still getting worse, and will continue to crumble, unless a change in leadership is made. Valley News sees the changes that can be made to fix the status quo in our two-time All-American city. The Mayoral candidate we are endorsing is Anthony Silva.

 Anthony Silva is a man of integrity, honesty, and loyalty, all characteristics that our city's current mayor Ann Johnston lacks. She has been on the council for the last twelve years, as I recall, Stocktonians were better off in 2000, correct? So stand with the Valleys sole source of truth, VALLEY NEWS, and do whats right for Stockton's future, elect Anthony Silva for Mayor. "

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DHS Orders 1.4 Billion Rounds of Hollow Tip Ammo

Dept. of Homeland Security ordered 1.4 BILLION ROUNDS of hollow point ammunition. A department that has no Constitutional military or police force under their direction!!!! Why would they need this?
In March of this year, ATK announced that it had received an ID/IQ award from the Department of Homeland Security for 450 million rounds of .40cal jacketed hollow point ammunition to be shipped to various locations in the U.S.

On 8/10/12, DHS issued an updated solicitation for 750 million more rounds, the greatest majority of it being hollow point type ammunition that includes handgun, rifle, and shotgun items. The Solicitation number is

HSFLGL-12-B-00003, with an original date of 7/18/2012. It must be urgent because potential vendors are required to respond by 8/20/2012.

Additionally, the Social Security Administration is soliciting contractors for 174,000 rounds of ".357 Sig 125 gr. bonded jacketed hollow point pistol ammunition". The National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration just ordered 46,000 rounds of hollow point ammunition. This totals over 1.2 BILLION rounds of the most lethal ammunition in the world being purchased by departments of our federal government that are NOT primarily responsible for the defense of the country, and don't have military forces.

The "cover story" is that all of this is for training and target practice. However, hollow points are not generally used for target practice. They are meant to maim and kill, and they are significantly more expensive than standard full metal jacket target ammunition. While we sincerely doubt that the cover is true, even if it were this training extravagance hardly seems a wise use of taxpayer monies.

More to the point, what is it that this incredibly absurd amount of ammunition is being used to prepare for? There are only two generally reasonable explanations:

1. DHS, under some Presidential order, has decided to become one of the primary defenders against an invasion of our country, and based on the timeframes noted in the solicitations feel that a threat is imminent.

This does not seem likely for several reasons. If that was the case, surely the administration and Congress would owe their bosses—WE THE PEOPLE—an explanation of this imminent threat and a plan. Second, we do not recall any Constitutional authority for this type of action on DHS' part. It would seem the DEFENSE DEPARTMENT might also have a problem with that. Lastly, we believe hollow point ammunition violates the Geneva Convention Rules of War.

OR

2. These agencies are preparing, under a paranoid internal plan, for some sort of major domestic event or civil unrest. Based on the ammo ordered, both in type and quantity, as well as other military equipment being solicited in large numbers, it appears the plan is to be ready and somewhat offensive in their approach to United States Citizens. The very people they are responsible to protect have now become the targets of hollow point ammunition, not allowed in WAR, by our own government. As silly as it may sound, this is more plausible than #1 above. How can that be?

One Foot Forward: REPEAT: Quote of the Day

One Foot Forward: REPEAT: Quote of the Day: "In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future ...

Where is Stockton's Harry Potter?

Where is Stockton's Harry Potter?

You know, the boy wizard who defeated the evil Lord Voldemort and set things right in the wizarding world. That is exactly what Stockton needs, someone to fight this vicious financial crisis.

Need parallels?

This is what Rufus Scrimgeour (pronounced scrim-ger), the Minister of Magic in the Harry Potter series, said to the people in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows": "These are dark times, there is no denying. Our world has perhaps faced no greater threat than it does today. But I say this to our citizenry: We, ever your servants, will continue to defend your liberty and repel the forces that seek to take it from you! Your Ministry remains, strong."

Well, aside from the reference to "ministry" for government, that statement very well could apply to Stockton.

This is in part what Mayor Ann Johnston said during her State of the City speech a few weeks ago: "This has been a difficult year for all of us with tough decisions. The City Council has made extremely tough decisions, and we're going to see even tougher decisions ahead of us. The fixes to our financial issues will not be pretty, but we're determined to come out of this with the city on a solid financial foundation that will move Stockton forward."

When Scrimgeour made his speech, Voldemort's minions had infiltrated the government and were creating chaos in the world. The threat was active and, in that world created by J.K. Rowling, very real.

In our world, the threat is the city's financial crisis. The recession has hit Stockton hard, there is no denying, particularly housing in an area dependent on real estate-generated revenue.

For example, a bank-owned house in my neighborhood is listed at $115,000, about 70 percent less than what it would have sold for six or seven years ago.

Worse, it seems whenever the city has a plan or economic engine to kick-start a comeback, things sputter and fall to the wayside.

Where is a good wizard when you need one?

Contact Donald W. Blount at (209) 546-8251 or dblount@recordnet.com. The Record senior editors' blog is available at recordnet.com/editorblog.

I GUESS THEY FORGOT THAT I AM "THE WIZARD OF O.Z." Let's take this city back!!

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My Horoscope for Today, Says I will be Mayor

Thursday, Mar 8, 2012 -- Today's Full Moon in your sign heightens your emotional sensitivity, even if you wish you could be more rational. Your feelings may not be very stable now, especially if you are trying to build a relationship on a false assumption. Current changes aren't necessarily long-lasting, but you would be wise to pay attention to what is falling apart. Don't allow yourself to get pulled off track; demonstrate your strength by focusing on what needs to be fixed.

Stockton, Stand By, Let Me fix this Problem

  Everything that has ever been created, started with an idea, the difference is just the Scale of the project.  If my generation had any idea what we are about to embark on, they would just continually ask questions, which couldn't pertain to these conversations about MONEY!

  Not that I am Under-educated in the field of economics, but didn't attend Yale Business School, or any other fancy institution, my knowledge should still not be under estimated.  I intend to Revolutionize this Economy, and get it back on track.  I use the phase "I" to represent that, until the Incorporation Of Oh Zee Clothing occurs, it is solely on my shoulders.  It's not my responsibility, I know.  However I watched two-years from the sidelines, and realized every day that goes by in which I don't better the community, I am losing my ability to Call the Shots.  That doesn't mean I can't.  The Opportunity here has never been this great, Invest....SOON!!!   

   In the next few weeks, Me and Three Colleagues take the Leap into the Corporate world with nothing to lose.  Time will no longer be of the essence, instead of being wasted, let's invest what we can.  For some the desire of having it all, but not willing to invest time to expand their creativity, to ensure they get it all.  We are the type that will walk out of a meeting that started 30 seconds ago, because you advertantly question a fact.  A fact, can NEVER be found to be False...

   So when A businessman offers you a job, you are ever so desperately in need of, thank Oh Zee, because we Don't allow questions, NEXT!  You lost your one shot...