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LETTER: A thank you to our community from Southgate Pharmacy
In 2010, when Food Pavilion closed its doors, our father, Lateef Olaniyan, published a heartfelt letter in the Col…
'YOU LIE'
The issue regarding Rep. Joe Wilson shouting “You lie” at the President is not that he called Obama a liar. Politicians call each other liars all the time. Under Bush, Democrats made it quite clear that they felt t…
'YOU LIE'
The issue regarding Rep. Joe Wilson shouting “You lie” at the President is not that he called Obama a liar. Politicians call each other liars all the time. Under Bush, Democrats made it quite clear that they felt t…
Colorado's Taxpayer's Bill of Rights and I-1033
GOLDEN, Colo. — Opponents of I-1033 are woefully uninformed about the Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) passed by voters in 1992. Critics of Washington’s ballot measure say I-1033 is similar to our TABO…
THANKS
The following thanks are in order:
AMERICAN FLAG
So my buddies and I went to chow this morning. Just to see how Bank of America takes American flags out of the ground saying it was against their policy. The flags were there for a Marine who died from a roadside b…
45 years of Job Corps success
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week marks the observance of a very special anniversary. Job Corps is the federal government’s oldest and most successful residential education and training program. It provides student wi…
Migrant problem
First the riot police went in, then the bulldozers. By the time their work was done, the makeshift migrant camp on the outskirts of Calais had been wiped away. Politicians on both sides of the Channel expressed the…
Fish return in record numbers
OLYMPIA — Even though the plan to manage the Columbia and Snake rivers continues in flux, things are improving for the fish and people who depend on the two waterways.
Drunk driving
Judges must send drunken drivers who do not change their ways to prison for long terms.
Afghanistan
Gen. Stanley McChrystal recently delivered a 66-page report filled with blunt warnings and a fresh strategy to win the war in Afghanistan. That report, disclosed by The Washington Post, is a bracing read: The insur…
I-1033
Many articles and letters on I-1033 make it sound as though the government will not get any increases in funding. Not so - they will get automatic increases each year of inflation and population growth. I-601 did t…
I-1033
Many articles and letters on I-1033 make it sound as though the government will not get any increases in funding. Not so - they will get automatic increases each year of inflation and population growth. I-601 did t…
GRANT COUNTY PUD
Terry Brewer’s chickens are coming home to roost. He is the president of the Board of Commissioners for the PUD. Last week in their afternoon session ,the commissioners approved a governance policy for all their ac…
OIL
Help me! I am wondering a little about my sanity. I am thinking that maybe I have been hearing “voices.”
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