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• New Lodi Memorial rule to combat spread of H1N1: Visitors must be older than 16

• Tour packs buses as birdwatchers admire Sandhill cranes

• City of Lodi staff looking into possibility of limiting number of taco trucks

• Daytime thieves targeting Lodi homes

• Homicide suspect Anthony Hubbard arraigned

• Regional Roundup

• Lodi High graduate was at Fort Hood

• Lining up for flu shots in Lodi

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

• Regional Roundup

• Delta College trustees again collide over stipend committee

• 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

• Bad bugs, weeds are hot topics at Grape Day

February 2nd, 2010

• Big rig plows 7 cars

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

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

• Jumpers across California

• Correction

• Regional Roundup

• No snow leopards, otters for Micke Grove

• McNerney leads in campaign cash

• Police: Train victim was a Lodi teen

February 1st, 2010

• Find cuddly alpacas not too far from Lodi

• Public Meetings

• Patients can expect faster, better service when Lodi Memorial Hospital's new emergency room opens

• Man killed by Amtrak train in Lodi

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

• Will terrorists be given Miranda warnings? (75)
• President Obama's first year (67)
• Lodi Unified School District president issues warning to speakers over cuts (64)
• Local business leaders say tourism, Costco, Home Depot may play roles in city's future (60)
• Islamic symbol in mosaic — what is all the fuss? (49)
• Many reject the politics of 'no' (45)
• 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)
• Police: Train victim was a Lodi teen (31)

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We need tort reform

The most transparent and ethical administration in history? With all the tax cheats and radical leftist czars accountable only to Obama?

Is "change" enacting monstrous 1,000-page bills that our elected representatives can't read before voting? The Baucus Bill has to be melded and reconciled with five bills. All behind closed doors — Republicans not welcome. So much for the bipartisan approach, transparency, and the five days to view a bill before signing that Obama promised on May 9. With the enormity of the issues involved, we need a full, bi-partisan debate.

Republicans have been accused of not having a health care plan. Why, if 85 percent of those with health insurance like their coverage, do we have to upend the whole system at horrendous expense (when we are already drowning in debt at all levels of government)? Some of the proposals by Republicans that would effect real savings would be tort reform so doctors could afford liability insurance. My nephew's practice gave up delivering babies in a small town in Iowa. Women had to go to a neighboring town 25 miles away to have their babies. The doctors couldn't afford the malpractice insurance. (But, no, that would impact on the lawyers who donate heavily to Democrats.)

Buying insurance across state lines means more competition between companies and portability of insurance — the insurance contract belonging to the individual and the individual being able to deduct costs on his income tax return means the worker doesn't lose his coverage when leaving a job.

Covering illegal aliens is not really a factor because the Immigration Bill would give them legal status within 24 hours of applying, no back taxes, English not required, tuition for illegals, eligible for Income Tax Credit, and the estimated 30,000 illegal gang members would be eligible.

In the same period of time in office as Clinton and Bush, they each made 40 some speeches; Obama made over 120. Doesn't he know he won the election? Quit campaigning and govern.

Phyllis Roche
Lodi