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Opinion October 31, 2007
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Alto is 'taking the next step' with motto, bond proposal
DR. RAY DESPAIN Alto
      The start of the 2007-08 school year at Alto ISD has been great. Our staff and students impress me more and more each day with their dedication, commitment to improvement, willingness to help one another and school spirit. The accomplishments keep piling up, and I'm very proud to be a small part o...
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Alto school campus is inadequate and should be replaced
STEVE MCCARTY Alto
      As a 1961 graduate and longtime resident of Alto, I want to express my views in support of the upcoming AISD bond election to build a new elementary school. I have deep roots in Alto and serve as the chairman of the community bond election steering committee.
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Little dog didn't deserve to die this way
MELISSA MINCHEW Rusk
      What is this world coming to when people just dump animals on the side of the road? I live on U.S. Highway 84 , and we have had many stray dogs come to our house. I have seen so many get run over and killed, and I've had to bury them.
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Living memories are slipping away
RAY CRYER Rusk
      Living memories are slipping through our fingers. I think of that when I stand at my father's grave in Lone Dove Cemetery. He was a WWII veteran, and we lose more of those guys every month. He said WWII was the biggest show on earth and he wanted to be part of it. He did not draw stateside admini...
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Politicians need to stop being 'correct' and solve problems
ROSE MARY JONES Rusk
      Do you get the feeling after watching the news about crime that our towns and cities are out of control? It is depressing and makes me wonder what the future is going to be like. We don't need to build new jails or prisons, we need to start controlling the criminal element. It is time to bring so...
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Proposition 4 is difficult to understand
DR. MICHAEL BANKS Jacksonville
      It will be very difficult for a voter to understand Proposition 4 on the state amendment ballot without some research.
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Jacksonville ISD bond proposal: Here we go again
DON B. GATELEY Jacksonville
      I ran for the school board this year because I, like a lot of people in Jacksonville did not like some of the decisions made by our current board. Let's see, they paid $30,000 per acre for 22 acres adjoining the high school for possible expansion.
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