Inverness Opinion
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Where do our tax dollars really go?May 11, 2012 1:59 pm - Invest in America! Well, I do. I pay my taxes. A government official will use the catch phrase “It’s only a few dollars” when asking for a tax increase. Well, only a fe...
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Honoring mothers for their sacrificesMay 11, 2012 1:59 pm - Much in the news these days has been the discussion of stay-at-home mothers. Nothing in my 39 years within the struggle for life and family has angered me more than unpr...
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Unions not to blame for airline woesMay 11, 2012 5:00 am - George Will’s recent column, “The turbulence in the airline industry,” demonstrates what happens when a journalist gets lazy, and also abandons even the slightest preten...
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Take care of the homefront firstMay 11, 2012 5:00 am - Fence Post recently had a letter from Mr. Darst that to balance the budget would require cuts in military spending, changes in Social Security and Medicare and some gove...
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Comic strip is no laughing matterMay 10, 2012 5:00 am - I resent having simple minded political propaganda on the comic page. “Stone Soup” is neither witty or deep, it is just a mindless insult. I believe your subscribers are...
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Respect the laws in racial casesMay 10, 2012 5:00 am - Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and others of their ilk must have worn out a number of mirrors as they daily prepare to be front and center to any camera they can find record...
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An objective test for news biasMay 09, 2012 5:00 am - The Daily Herald’s Opinion page editor, Jim Slusher, recently wrote a column defending his paper against readers’ accusations of media bias. Like others, I feel that his...
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‘New reality’ applies to legislators, tooMay 09, 2012 5:00 am - In his April 23 letter to the editor, “Will we cut benefits for lawmakers, too?” Mr. Roger Thomas Seely points out how, in a “new reality,” benefit cuts to the Teachers’...
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Three cheers for electric aggregationMay 08, 2012 5:00 am - The village officials and staff that successfully undertook the task of municipal electricity aggregation should be commended one and all. For the benefit of over a quar...
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Enact disincentives against red meatMay 08, 2012 5:00 am - Gov. Pat Quinn has proposed a cigarette tax hike and linked it to health benefits. He said, “We’ve got to use our heads here. We ought to use this strategy to get revenu...