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• posted at 12:38 am on Fri, Oct 31, 2008.

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  It is good they brought more jobs to lodi and are aggressively seeking universal medical insurance but they dont tell you they are sending (farming) out alot of their work to companies outside of the UNITED STATES TO SAVE A BUCK - CHEAP LABOR-AND NOT PAY MORE AMERICANS A SOLID WAGE ?????????? KIND OF A CONFLICT DONT YOU THINKSO I GUESS THIS ALL AMERICAN COMPANY ISNT SO ALL AMERICAN- THEY ARE JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, KINDA SOUNDS LIKE WAL-MART TACTICS

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• posted at 12:28 pm on Tue, Oct 28, 2008.

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  Just curious... when is the PROMISED wall going up to protect us from Reynolds Ranch???

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• posted at 11:14 am on Tue, Oct 28, 2008.

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  Thank you Lodi News for correcting your error misstating Blue Shields project manager's name. Caveman: Citizens of Lodi eagerly want more business like Blue Shield to nest here. It is good for our local economy to attract business. It will simply not happen as long as a couple of city council members treat potential business so cold and rude. I witnessed on TV Hitchcock say to Blue Shield, "Do we really need these jobs?" "Can't you spread out your campus in town among other buildings?" Can you believe it? I almost fell out of my seat! She thinks she knows better than Blue Shield about their business plan. Every other city would cut off their right arm to attract that type of business and they almost did not nest here. There are many more unworthy, arrogant, time wasting sound bites I could quote of her's, but space does not allow. Mounce agrees with 99.9% of what Hitchcock says. Time to get rid of the dead wood, they are not earning their salary and from what I have read, we have a huge deficate already and we can't afford to support dead wood any longer. Vote people!

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• posted at 9:57 am on Tue, Oct 28, 2008.

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  Mervyns was/is not a viable option. The ownership of that property woes not want to sell. People dont realize that Blue shield wanted a 20 acre parcel, where inside the city limits did that exsist? Nowhere! Harney lane is a mystical line for die hard NIMBY's. It has been slated for developement for the last 20 years.

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• posted at 9:46 am on Tue, Oct 28, 2008.

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  While I realize you can`t un-ring a bell, had the Blue Shield folks knowen Mervyns was going to bite the dust, it would have made a perfect place to work with very little in the line of retavation. Now poor `ol Mervyns will be just another empty building. Before anymore retail, that isn`t really needed, perhaps someone with an ounce of brains can come up with a new tenent for Mervyns and bring in some much needed tax revinue.

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• posted at 5:40 am on Tue, Oct 28, 2008.

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  2468, I would love to see more of these types of jobs in Lodi. The problem is that the City has bought the idea that retail is the only answer for increasing revenue. Maybe if they thought like you, every new job two are created for local merchants, we wouldn't be in the financial mess we are in and could offer incentives to companies offering quality jobs.

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• posted at 4:19 am on Tue, Oct 28, 2008.

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  I appreciate the 500 jobs retained and 1,000 future jobs held here in Lodi, especially in these economic times. For each job, two are created for local merchants, etc. If there were two other facilities that served their business formulas, don't you think that they would have moved to them? Also, how can we trust Lodi News to correctly report facts if they can't even get straight the basics: Gillespie is NOT, I repeat, N-O-T of "DPR Const., the main contractor of the project" as reported by this paper! Fact checking, please.

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• posted at 3:49 am on Tue, Oct 28, 2008.

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  Ditto 16925. Also, Dale, I think the comment the council member made was that given the circumstances (jumping Harney Ln.) that they questions whether the jobs were needed or not.

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• posted at 1:14 am on Tue, Oct 28, 2008.

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  mr johnson, i don't believe anyone was against blue shield, but rather the location. blue shield had two other lodi locations available other than jumping harney lane. blow on...

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