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Voters have opportunity to make important impact in 2 ways today
If all registered voters in Butler County used the Rotary Club of Butler's annual pancake festival at the Vagabond Center in Lyndora as a rallying centerpiece for going to the polls today, two great things would be accomplished.
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Probes of Pa. Turnpike Commission might finally bring overdue changes
A thank-you note to former state Sen. Vincent Fumo, now serving time in a federal prison, might be in order if a state, or federal, investigation leads to a cleanup and change of culture at the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.
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Ellis didn't accept pay
In my letter to the editor about a month ago, I stated that "state legislators" voted to pay themselves during the budget stalemate. Upon further research, I learned that not only didn't my legislator, Brian Ellis, R-11th, vote for the pay, he also did not accept the pay.
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Legalize, tax marijuana
The feds have decided to back off their efforts to shut down marijuana "stores" and their suppliers in all 14 states where it's legal for medical use.
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Higher taxes for 'boozers'
I am writing in response to the Oct. 21 Kathleen Parker column, "Reefer sanity: a rational marijuana position."
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Allegations ridiculous
I am writing in regard to Dr. David Evanko, the physician who has been accused of sexually abusing two young men living at Summit Academy.
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'Meals' to celebrate 40th
On Nov. 17, Butler Meals on Wheels will be celebrating 40 years of serving the Butler area.
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Chief's action incorrect
This letter is written to clarify and expose falsehoods, as well as present a different point of view, in regard to the Oct. 28 article "Chief resigns over dispute."
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Use special ed. resources
If your child receives any special education services at school, you as a parent need to be aware that there are federal and state laws that protect your child's right to a free, appropriate public education in what is called the least-restrictive environment.
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Newspapers evolving, can have bright future
WASHINGTON — Each time another report surfaces about the decline of newspapers, I feel like a death row inmate counting the warden's footsteps.
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OTHER VOICES
Congress now proposes to create a Consumer Financial Protection Agency. If it will actually do something to oversee mortgages and other financial products, we are for it.
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OTHER VOICES
When Congress passed the Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights last May, we called it a long overdue response to the abuses of predatory credit-card issuers who have used every trick in the book to extract money from cardholders. As it turns out, we underestimated the greed and craftiness of the credit-card industry.
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Disclosure as liberal coercion, intimidation
SEATTLE — Conservatives here, a droll minority, say that under this city's quota system, when a conservative enters the city, one already here is required to leave.
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