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Voters deserve clear answers on Pa. transportation funding
As those responsible for representing the people of Pennsylvania, state lawmakers, even in an election year, should feel obligated to openly and honestly express their views on controversial issues involving their constituents' wallets and pocketbooks.
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With every politician spinning, the truth is hard to come by
It's well understood that when politicians are in campaign mode, they spin just about everything they say. And since Washington, D.C., is pretty much in perpetual campaign mode, with congressional elections every two years, the spin is nearly constant.
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Common sense in 3rd
The other day, when I opened my mailbox, I finally figured out how Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper is fighting unemployment. She is keeping the Congressional Printing Office at full employment, publishing her campaign literature (including her "Congressional Report on Jobs") at taxpayer expense.
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Mail thrown in yard
I would like to "thank" the inconsiderate and immature person or persons who got my mail by mistake and threw it in my yard instead of putting it in my mailbox, or writing "wrong address" on it and returning it to the letter carrier.
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Bad decisions hurt city
The sad state of the city of Butler started years ago when it had the chance to build a Route 8 bypass and eliminate the heavy truck traffic on Main Street but did not do so.
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Mail carrier praised
There have been negative letters to the editor about mail delivery persons neglecting to pick up outgoing mail from mailboxes if none is being delivered. Not so of my letter carrier who delivers in our area of North Road from Reiber Road north to Unionville Road.
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1 writer correct, 1 not
I am a former Butler Armco employee. I read with considerable interest the letters of Darryl A. Kirschner ("Reveal statistics' source," Aug. 10) and Rick Devore ("Letter lacked evidence," Aug. 12) regarding the candidacy of Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper for a second term.
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New law has loopholes
On Aug. 16, a bus tour titled "Votes Have Consequences" stopped at Diamond Park. The banner on the bus read, "Abortion Is Not Health Care."
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Stop Butler jaywalking
I think Butler should get an award for the most jaywalkers.
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Iraq: a mere footnote in Obama legacy
It was hardly surprising that President Barack Obama shied away from the previous administration's premature 2003 characterization of a "mission accomplished" in proclaiming the official end of the U.S. combat role in Iraq.
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How did bacteria spread through two Iowa egg farms, leading to the largest Salmonella enteritidis outbreak ever recorded in the United States?
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Scenario 1: President George W. Bush delivers a speech and two audience members are removed because they came to the event in a car with an anti-Bush bumper sticker. Scenario 2: The Obama White House organizes a rally to celebrate Democratic victories in the 2010 congressional elections and a "tea party" member wearing a "GOP" T-shirt is excluded.
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Pa. race: mining for Philadephia votes
PHILADELPHIA — When Pennsylvanians go to the polls on Nov. 2, they will have to do more than choose a new governor to succeed term-limited Democrat Edward Rendell; they have to break one of two historical precedents.
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