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Lambaste automobiles instead of streetcars
Editor: After reading “Centerville residents lambaste streetcars” (Clipper 3/4/2010), I thought to transfer residents comments of outrage to automobiles. Traffic is certainly a “safety and securit...
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Stop repeal of in-state tuition bill
Editor: In 2002, Utah lawmakers did something marvelous for social justice, higher education and the state!  They passed HB 144, a bill that would allow undocumented students (who are in good acad...
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Kudos to Office Depot for good service
Editor: We don’t take the opportunity to praise those who have done a good job. I would like to take a minute to thank Office Depot for their kindness this week. I bought the wrong product and ope...
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Country should live within a budget
Editor: I don’t like the government being in debt and still spending money. I’m 12, and I don’t get to spend more allowance than I earn, so why should our country? I’m glad that even in these hard...
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It’s time to reform political process
Editor: More than ever we need to end or limit partisanship and partisan bickering in our state and nation. The traditional rhetoric to this dilemma has been a pitch to support brand X or candidat...
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Consolidate school districts to save
Editor: For the benefit of the students of Utah, it’s time to consider the apparently unthinkable. School districts have been divided to the benefit of graduates in school administration. By conso...
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Bountiful City could use more parks
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Editor: I recommend that we have more parks in the city of Bountiful, Utah. I believe we do not have enough places for family gathering in the city. I think there should be a place for playing or ...
Mueller Park should purchase iPads
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Editor: I recommend Mueller Park Junior High should get iPads for the school computers. Because they are less money and are way cool. The school computers are sort of slow and have so many problem...
Newspaper great way to communicate
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Editor: My name is Andrew Judd and I am working on my communications merit badge in Kaysville. One of the requirements that I need to do is write to an editor of our local newspaper about what I t...
Concerned about city’s recycling
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Editor: Thank you for your follow-up article on the Centerville curbside “separation” program. I thought I would point out a couple of items that were surprisingly lacking in the comments by the ...
Budget cuts will have impact on students
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Editor: With budget cuts taking effect across the nation, all Utah colleges and universities have been faced with making a 17 percent mandatory budget cut for the 2010-2011 school year. It is as...
Freeze the Utah Retirement system
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Editor: One of the largest budget items to be addressed by the State Legislature this year is the funding shortfall of the Utah Retirement System. The pension benefits for those employed in the pu...
National News
Dems look to health vote without abortion foes (AP)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks about healthcare reform at her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 4, 2010. REUTERS/Jose Luis MaganaAP - House Democratic leaders Thursday abandoned a long struggle to strike a compromise on abortion in their ranks, gambling that they can secure the support for President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation with showdown votes looming as early as next week.


Thu Mar 11 18:27:56 -0600 2010
Strong quakes torment Chile as president sworn in (AP)

Chile's newly inaugurated President Sebastian Pinera, waves the the crowds after his swearing-in ceremony in Valparaiso, Chile, Thursday, March 11, 2010.(AP Photo/Aliosha Marquez)AP - The earth shook and shook Thursday as dignitaries walked in for the swearing-in of Sebastian Pinera as Chile's president. It shook some more as they waited for him.


Thu Mar 11 18:40:10 -0600 2010
Court upholds 'under God' in Pledge of Allegiance (AP)

File - In this June 14, 2004 file photo, Michael Newdow looks down at the fax copy of the Supreme Court's ruling preserving the phrase 'one nation under God' in the Pledge of Allegiance outside his Sacramento, Calif., home. A federal appeals court in San Francisco has ruled that the phrase 'under God' in the Pledge of Allegiance is constitutional. In a 2-1 ruling, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel rejected arguments by Newdow that the phrase violates the separation between church and state. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,Ffile)AP - A federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments on Thursday that the phrases violate the separation of church and state.


Thu Mar 11 18:06:15 -0600 2010