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Letters to the Editor - Oct. 3
Brightman and Williams for school board To the editor: As we get closer to election day, I am asked more and more about the current school board candidates. While the school-board election may not be as newsworthy as the president or the mayor, the...Tags: Solyndra LLC, Voting, Elections, Politics, Clint Eastwood
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Mail Call - Oct. 1
“Hey, President Obama supporters, here is yet another casualty of his economy, to end that long, long and ever-growing list. My favorite local ice cream parlor, and a non-national chain business, too, just closed forever. It opened and prospered...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), The Salvation Army, Politics, Mitt Romney, Property
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Mail Call - Sept. 27
“Republicans keep saying that President Obama’s added $5 trillion to the national debt. George Bush doubled the national debt while he was in office, a lot of it with help from the Republicans, and two unpaid-for wars. How much of Obama’...Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Jimmy Carter, Politics, Mitt Romney
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Pa. high court wants review of voter ID access
Pennsylvania’s highest court on Tuesday told a lower court that it should stop a tough new voter photo identification law from taking effect in this year’s presidential election if the judge concludes voters cannot easily get ID cards or...Tags: NAACP, Laws, Tom Corbett, Labor Legislation, Justice System
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Blacks braved bigotry to fight
marieg@herald-mail.comThe muster rolls tell a unique story of the Civil War — one that contradicts the stereotype of a struggle between white farmers, North and South. Scan the record books and you'll find Union Shawnee and rebel Choctaws, Confederate rabbis and Arab...Tags: Slavery, Social Issues, Health and Medical Professionals, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations
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Mail Call - Sept. 7
“I’d like to compliment the town of Williamsport on the hanging baskets and huge arrangements of flowers in the large vases on the sidewalk in downtown Williamsport. It adds so much. It’s really a joy to drive down Conococheague Street....Tags: National Government, Politics, Mitt Romney, Government, Paul Ryan
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Clinton, Reagan took their half in the middle
timr@herald-mail.comYou wonder how Ken Starr and the House managers felt this week. Seeing the man they so desperately tried to drive from office swagger onstage at the Democratic National Convention sporting a 70 percent approval rating, grinning like the cat that ate the...Tags: Politics, Impeachment, Government, Bob McDonnell, 2012 Democratic National Convention
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Local Republicans react to National Convention speeches
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comMaryland Sen. Christopher B. Shank, R-Washington, took a page out of President Obama’s 2008 campaign playbook Friday to describe Mitt Romney’s speech Thursday night at the Republican National Convention. “The speech was filled with...Tags: Christopher B. Shank, Tampa, Politics, Condoleezza Rice, Clint Eastwood
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GfK poll: Raise taxes to save Social Security
Most Americans say go ahead and raise taxes if it will save Social Security benefits for future generations. And raise the retirement age, if you have to. Both options are preferable to cutting monthly benefits, even for people who are years away from...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Finance, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan
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Mail Call - Aug. 31
“I was born in 1947, got a Social Security card, graduated from high school in 1964. Average grades, didn’t go to college; no money, low grades. Went to work in 1964, joined the army in 1969, fought in Vietnam. In 1973, got a steady job and...Tags: Ron Paul, Tea Party Movement, Movies, Politics, Mitt Romney
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Dems slam Ryan over Social Security privatization
Associated PressDemocrats are eagerly renewing their fight against privatizing Social Security now that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has picked Paul Ryan as his running mate. It was a fight that didn’t go well for the GOP when President George W....Tags: Political Fundraising, Joe Biden, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Politics, Finance
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Mail Call - Aug. 21
“If people are dressing in ways that show no respect for their church, and it is displeasing to the majority of church members, then a dress code could be taken under consideration. The days of men and women in suits, hats and white gloves with...Tags: Public Finance, Politics, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia)
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