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• Elvis, Sinatra make appearance at Senior Follies in Lodi

• Heard it Through the Grapevine

• Meeting on new truck regulations this week

• Public Meetings

February 9th, 2010

• Middle College High School rated one of the best — and a bargain, to boot

• Lodi decathlon boasts top team in county

• Man who sparked counterfeit case pleads guilty

• Local businessman will visit Haiti to look for family

• Man who claimed to be Yosemite Sam pleads guilty to meth charge

• David Harmer seeks Republican congressional nod

• Lack of evidence in case against suspect in 'drug deal' stabbing

• Regional Roundup

February 8th, 2010

• Public Meetings

• Locals pick best, most memorable Super Bowl commercials

• Regional Roundup

February 6th, 2010

• The Home Depot hopes to join Costco at Reynolds Ranch

• Meet Larry, Curly and Moe

• Baboon business

• Regional Roundup

• Several Lodi venues let you watch the Super Bowl in style

• Lodi Library celebrates 100 years of serving the community

• Culinary craft

February 5th, 2010

• Kids, teachers help Haiti by collecting pennies for Learning Link

• Lodi, Galt students reach out to help Haiti earthquake survivors

• Tasered suspect claims he is Yosemite Sam

• Hours of sweat and work go into putting on crab feeds

• Things looking up for state's real estate

• Correction

• Regional Roundup

• Stray bullet strikes Lodi home; police suspect gang activity may be factor

February 4th, 2010

• Managers at Geweke Toyota answer questions about recall

• Lodi City Council votes to replace play structure at Century Park

• Lodi extends ban on pot shops for another year

• Mokelumne River triathlon set for June

• Family, friends to run half-marathon in memory of Galt family

February 3rd, 2010

• Correction

• Delta College trustees again collide over stipend committee

• Bad bugs, weeds are hot topics at Grape Day

• Lodi-area senators Dave Cox, Lois Wolk admit to gifts; Tom Berryhill case pending

• Lodi Unified School District president issues warning to speakers over cuts

• Galt City Council avoids budget cuts — for now

• New Lodi Memorial Hospital emergency room opens to the public without a hitch

• Regional Roundup

February 2nd, 2010

• Local business leaders say tourism, Costco, Home Depot may play roles in city's future

• Correction

• Former Lodian Erica Davis is first paraplegic woman to summit Kilimanjaro

• Regional Roundup

• No snow leopards, otters for Micke Grove

• McNerney leads in campaign cash

• Police: Train victim was a Lodi teen

• Big rig plows 7 cars

• Jumpers across California

The following stories have received the most reader comments during the last 7 days.

• Will terrorists be given Miranda warnings? (75)
• Lodi Unified School District president issues warning to speakers over cuts (64)
• President Obama's first year (45)
• Many reject the politics of 'no' (45)
• Islamic symbol in mosaic — what is all the fuss? (44)
• Writer comments on Neely column (42)
• The Home Depot hopes to join Costco at Reynolds Ranch (41)
• Time to shed the convenient sham of 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy (34)
• We need to conduct respectful conversations (30)
• Tasered suspect claims he is Yosemite Sam (25)

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Changes should be made to health care bill

Obama's health plan is another mandate or Ponzi scam to control every part of your life — no freedom.

This perverted health plan needs to be stopped or force politicians to take it — make them an offer they can't refuse!

I realize that Obama may be God and knows more than doctors, insurance companies or 200 million Americans. It is these simple-minded politicians who feel that way who bankrupted California; by rejecting the people and what they wanted, it cost them over $10 billion a year.

Change the tort laws, where loser pays all. You will see who the criminals are — those who oppose this! It will lower medical costs.

Let's end HMOs and let insurance sell across borders to create competition, not monopolies!

Rebuild the Hill Burton Hospital System; competition made this the greatest country in the world, not mandates, monopolies and the Ponzi scam!

Throw the drug companies out of the FDA and stop the money (bribes) coming from the drug companies, which are one of our biggest killers!

Take the best students who want to be doctors and help them if they need it. Maybe they will return the help by practicing in smaller areas.

Prosecute all fraud, theft and bribes with a minimum of five years and a $500,000 fine.

Issue policies with a $2,000 or $3,000 deductible, and pay doctor calls for accidents and surgery. Doctor calls are abused more than anything else, and so let them pay for them and cost will come down.

Why could you buy hospital coverage in the '50s and '60s for a family of four for $25 or $30 per family? Was it greed that caused this inflation?

Mac Cator
Lodi