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Parker: Don't allow tobacco in public parks
Tobacco is harmful and destructive. It should not be used at all in the public parks.
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Williams: Don't blame teachers for declines in education
It is not the teachers, but government that has caused education to decline.
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Causby: Our children are worth the effort to save our schools
I ask you, do we care more about our children or are we going to let this destroy our community?
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Rhyne: It's humane to spay or neuter your pets
Spay or neuter your pets. It’s not cruel, it’s humane.
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Michaux: Rally to prevent cutbacks that may cripple NC
Please don’t allow this budget to pass. There are ways that we can rally and stick together that will not allow this budget to cripple the people of North Carolina. There is hope.
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Snow: 'Challenge' process makes sense
Some call a challenge an attempt at “censorship” or “book banning;” others call it an accountability safety net.
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Barnsback: Burke County must keep teachers in classrooms
I ask that all proposals, including consolidation, be considered to lessen the burden on teachers and empower us to focus our energy where it matters most, on our students.
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Satterwhite: Voters will have chance to change schools' direction
We have a school board election coming in November. We will elect new county commissioners before a property revaluation in 2013 when a tax rate will be set. Each of these events will determine the quality of public education in Burke County.
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Burris: Money wasted on DPI should go to local schools
If I were looking for some place to save a lot of money for schools, I would question just how the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction in Raleigh got to be such a gigantic bureaucracy.
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Costner: Someone should stop waste of dollars
Burke Development Inc. is a waste of tax dollars. What is wrong with our county commissioners?
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Carr: We need conservative leaders who will do what we want
We need to send a message to our government at all levels, which is that we are in charge and we gave them a job to do that is apparently not being done in Washington.
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Buchanan: Burke County needs to give more support to schools
I am very concerned that the people of our county aren't getting as involved as needed in this Burke County Public Schools budget issue.
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Hogg: Volunteers make Glen Alpine a better place to live
How I do enjoy living and owning a business in Glen Alpine!
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Turbeville: Five chaplains serve multiple facilities
I hope people in the community will understand the vital role we chaplains play in the correctional setting.
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Hatch: Neighbors in Burke are in Korea, too
Neighbors can share more than just one address.
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Johnsons: NC needs regulations to protect environment
North Carolina can be harmed if we are not careful. Important regulations and programs need protection for the long run to help preserve and improve the natural world our children and grandchildren will inherit.
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Morgan: Study the facts about the village
Your neighbors and mine that support this village did their homework and studied the pros and cons of this issue and the majority of the registered voters made their own choice to support the Village of Lake James.
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Pickert: Couple has found a lot to love about Morganton
We love our adopted city: Morganton.
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Stevenson: Life in the city full of hassles
The city of Morganton purports to be such an inviting retirement community. Not on your own property!
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Kenan: Jim Billings will be missed
Maybe an era didn’t perish as his life dwindled away, but certainly a precious part of our town faded. Morganton won’t be quite the same. We shall miss Jim Billings.
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Wilkins: Adult DVDs should be behind counter
DVDs for adults should be kept behind a store's counter.
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Malik: Officials should ban tobacco use in public parks
We're currently trying to ban the use of tobacco in two new parks being built in Burke County — one in Drexel and one in Hildebran.
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Adkins: Economy isn't getting better; more hardship is ahead
Americans have been pre-propagandized, as they were under stimulus , into believing a recovery is in progress.
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Harrison: Will tax breaks for corporations really lower prices?
If we give tax cuts to corporations, goods and services will cost them less to produce and, consequently, should cost us less to buy.
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Wallrichs & Earwood: Towns should ban tobacco in new parks
We are writing this letter to strongly encourage that the use of tobacco should be banned in two new parks.
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