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• Robert Chapman posted at 8:54 am on Tue, Aug 9, 2011.

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  Driving without a LICENSE or INSURANCE or valid REGISTRATION are not "minor" traffic violations. The people who complain about the checkpoints are the ones that drink and drive or drive without the legally required documentations, driver's license, proof of insurance and current registration. Let'em gripe. Get legal or get off the road.

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• William Dawes posted at 9:44 pm on Mon, Aug 8, 2011.

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  If I go down to South central Los Angeles, someone would try to shoot me because I am white blah blah blah....It works both ways but we hear only one from the socialist progressives who push the "white privilege" agenda.

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• William Dawes posted at 9:41 pm on Mon, Aug 8, 2011.

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  The checkpoints get unlicensed and uninsured drivers off the streets and many of those are illegal aliens...don't like it? Follow the laws or leave.

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• Robert Chapman posted at 10:37 am on Mon, Aug 8, 2011.

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  Mr. Chaney posted, "My wife's side of the family, which is also mine" ???What? You married a relative?

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• Darrell Baumbach posted at 6:07 am on Mon, Aug 8, 2011.

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  Doug stated....My wife's side of the family, which is also mine, sees it entirely different, as do the Mexican and Pakistani friends I work and resource with....I'm assuming you don't know many of the poor eastside citizens who seem not to be even acknowledged in Lodi.

  I have known many people over the years who were and are poor economically. However, in heart,soul, mind and spirit, they were/are rich and wealthy. They see life itself as a blessing. They are hubble and happy with the cards that are dealt.
  If you want more money, want more recognition, want more but feel cheated that others have what you desire, then of course you will see the glass half empty...

  Personally, I would rather have a large family who loves each other and children who appreciate my existance rather than have any money. You are only poor if that is what you perceive. I am rich weather I have money or not.

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• Doug Chaney posted at 11:30 pm on Sun, Aug 7, 2011.

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  My wife's side of the family, which is also mine, sees it entirely different, as do the Mexican and Pakistani friends I work and resource with, and it's certainly not rosy. I'm assuming you don't know many of the poor eastside citizens who seem not to be even acknowledged in Lodi. You should hear what they say about the constant Cherokee Lane dui/license checkpoints, which seem to have the main purpose of targeting ethnic groups for minor traffic infractions under the guise of getting drunk drivers off the road. I don't think any of you have seen any really hard times in your life and really don't know the real feeling of having to actually succeed by yourself without mommy and daddy's help. I'm very passionate about my poor friends. You think they're poor because they want to be? Lodi offers no chance whatsoever for one of those people to get ahead in life. Where are they in the hierarchy of Lodi? Or the Sentinel? Oh, and Rich, you surprised me by signing your own name. Did you do that of your own free will? Thank you for editorying my blog. I hope you and/or Marty have enough guts to sign your next commentaty or editorial.

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• Robert Chapman posted at 8:52 pm on Sun, Aug 7, 2011.

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  Charles Nelson... You don't understand Doug, he thinks the people who worked their behinds off for what they have should just hand it over to the have nots. Typical liberal socialist agenda. Sound familiar? Listen to Obama and the other socialist stooges, this is their "vision" of a fair and balanced America.

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• Robert Chapman posted at 7:34 pm on Sun, Aug 7, 2011.

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  Ramond wrote "Who isn't offended by the things Doug says?" OK, Raymond, I give up. WHO? I never was any good at guessing games.....

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• Raymond Cook posted at 2:01 pm on Sun, Aug 7, 2011.

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  Who isn't offended by the things Doug says?

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• Darrell Baumbach posted at 12:52 pm on Sun, Aug 7, 2011.

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  In the spirit of “ My name is Khan”, I think the goal and intent is very positive and
  constructive in getting people to talk. How can it hurt to help people understand differences that tend to divide rather than unify.
  

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• Charles Nelson posted at 12:03 pm on Sun, Aug 7, 2011.

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  Doug, "Why do the Anglos have all the wealth and council positions?". I'll go with "they earned it", and "they were elected by the voters".

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• Darrell Baumbach posted at 12:12 am on Sun, Aug 7, 2011.

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  Doug... I see Lodi completely different. The Mexican side to my family and friends see it as a warm and friendly place. Its like you are living in a different city than me.
  I think some Mexican people are offended by what you say. I think you mean well, but your anger gets the best of you sometimes.
  You came here in 1987. I was here since 1953. I have not seen what you have ... not even close.

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• Doug Chaney posted at 10:51 pm on Sat, Aug 6, 2011.

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  Just who were some of the attendees? Anyone from the city hall and management team? Any ethnic representatives from the Muslim or Pakistani community? The large Lodi Mexican community? Did the Sentinel bother to send a photographer to take any photos of the attendees? And no explanation of how the conversations turned to how ethnicities are included or excluded in Lodi and how this town has changed culturally over time? I think everyone knows that the only culture Lodi knows is the arts for the well to do and wine society. Lodi is as bigoted as it was when I came here in 1987, and possibly even worse now. Thanks to the corrupted good ol' boys and girlies system and the cheap labor pool they created in eastside Lodi, the Caucasian population in Lodi is now the minority. So why do the Anglos have all the wealth and council positions, management jobs and better paying positions nearly everywhere in Lodi? Go figure.

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