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Cheers & Jeers ...
A big slice of Christmas cheer, and 12 lords a leaping, go to the pupils of Center Township Elementary School, who went without their classroom gift exchange and instead gathered presents and other items for needy area children.
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City’s holiday-season parking policy could use some tweaks
Continuing its tradition of a holiday break on parking, Butler officials again are offering free parking at meters in the city, meaning the tier garage and surface lots, from mid-December through Christmas. The idea is to encourage people to come downtown and shop or eat dinner — supporting local merchants. It’s a nice gesture that is also done in other places.
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Pullman Park no more
I was very surprised to read the City of Butler Parks Recreations Grounds and Facilities Authority, with the stroke of a pen, has turned Pullman Park into Kelly Automotive Park.
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Unwelcoming policy
I am from Pittsburgh and have been visiting Butler once a week over the past two weeks.
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In the name of money
First we lease our land for gas exploration money, despite the likelihood of pollution of our air and water.
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Too quickly put down
On Dec. 13, Animal Friends in Pittsburgh, which claims to be a no-kill shelter, euthanized a pit bull named Blue after the dog was involved in separate fights with two other dogs. One dog was killed and the other was injured.
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Gift package gone
With the Christmas season well under way and the Post Office doing its best to keep up, one still has to wonder about some on the decisions our mail carriers make.
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Unjust comparison
I just don’t understand Karl E. Sparn Jr. (“Grieving ex-communist,” Dec. 10) comparing Nelson Mandela to Joseph Stalin and Nikita Khrushev.
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Likes Pullman option
Regarding Robert Neal’s letter, “Why not Pullman?” published Dec. 11, I totally agree about the reuse of the former Pullman Standard office building as office space for Butler County government.
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The rich, the middle and the poor
NEW YORK — Is income inequality the “defining challenge” of our time? President Obama’s Dec. 4 speech on the topic has produced a lively debate, with some supporting him and others — chiefly The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein — arguing that unemployment should be the main focus.
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OTHER VOICES
As if bawling babies, sardine-tin seating and jammed overhead bins aren’t enough, modern air travel may soon include the joys of incessant, inane prattle of passengers on cellphones.
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Edward Snowden started important debate
Edward Snowden should be proud.
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