Builders undermine environmental protections
      If anyone doubts the inordinate influence the building and related industries have on our state legislators, consider their continuous and blatant efforts to weaken and even erase our environmental protection laws.
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Act of kindness reinforces confidence in younger generation
      Today, Sunday, July 27, my faith in the decency of the 20-something generation was strengthened. I was driving home from church with my 8-year-old daughter when I got a flat tire. Instinctively I pulled over and began to try and contact AAA. While doing so, I saw a young man approach my passenger...
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Public must be protected from gas-price gougers
      Iwant to make residents aware what is happening right in our own neighborhoods. Last week I went to a local gas station, where they were selling unleaded regular gas for $3.85 per gallon (cash price). I gave the attendant $40 cash for the unleaded, and when the transaction was complete my gas ta...
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Domestic ducks, geese are deserving of concern, caring
      Go to any pond or lake in the summer and you will see swimming among wild waterfowl, domestic ducks and geese. These birds — often white Pekin ducks or Mother Goose-type geese — were once Easter pets or the result of school hatching projects. No longer small and fuzzy, these domestic b...
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Illegals are responsibility of their respective governments
      Illegals are exactly that, lawbreakers. What is all of the nitpicking about? If they want to live and work here, they have to abide by our laws. They have to be documented and proceed with the process of becoming legal. This means paying taxes and obeying the laws of the United States. Paying sale...
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