This Sup’t Saves Tax Money
     Do we need a superintendent for the schools of Randolph, Braintree and Brookfield? As an RES board member for over 13 years, a member of the Orange Southwest Supervisory Union (OSSU) board for over 10 years and an active participant in educational leadership at the state level, I can answer that que...
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‘Whitcomb Academy’
Has a Nice Ring
     The purpose of this letter is to provide additional support for Lang Durfee’s proposal in your Jan. 26 edition regarding Bethel’s choices for educating its high school students in the years ahead.
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Rochester Needs
Third Selectman
     Several months back I announced I would not run for re-election to the Rochester Selectboard, having served for two terms, six years. No Rochester citizen has announced his or her candidacy for the post, for whatever reason.
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Average Folks
Get the Shaft
     Once again Congress has passed a program cut of $40 billion dollars. The cuts effect Medicaid, student loans, welfare and child support. The Republicans hail the cuts as bringing entitlement programs into line while ignoring the fact that the burden falls on those least able to afford them.
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Bush Betrays
Freedom's Ideals
     The hypocrisy of the Bush administration apparently has no limits. While ostensibly in Iraq so that "freedom can be on the march" in that country, we can only hope that we don’t bring the current brand of U.S.
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Hawaii Governor
Welcomes Jim
     The residents of Vermont should be proud of their Governor, Jim Douglas, for assuming the position of 2006 president of the Council of State Governments, a nonprofit organization representing all 50 states.
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Bush Has Not
Made Us Safer
     When I grew up in the 50s and 60s, it was a source of pride that our country was different from other countries. We did not torture our prisoners; our government did not spy on its citizens; and our country did not attack countries who had not attacked us.
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Don’t Blame
Harried Parents
     Oh, pleeeze! Stop accusing those who "refuse to vote" with apathy. If it were not for those taxes, Mr. Maroney, "our boys" would not have died. It was not their self-determination that got them there.
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