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          <title>Money can&#8217;t buy football team spirit</title>
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A major problem with the Red-skins is not the players but the owner, Dan Snyder. Money does not buy team spirit. 
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          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:50:34 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>There are better ways to help</title>
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It seems that IMPACT&#8217;s mission is simply to lobby for more and more wealth transfer payments from party A to party B.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Group should give concrete answers</title>
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It is projected that the energy bill now before the Senate will create 28,000 or more new jobs in Virginia. When?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:44:41 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Yes, let&#8217;s upgrade citizenship literacy</title>
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How wonderful it was to read John Whitehead&#8217;s column in the Oct. 25 Daily Progress.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Everybody else has a bypass</title>
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My gut feeling was embarrassment that as a long-time area resident, my community has so stubbornly refused to accept its own bypass. 
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          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:25:20 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Follow these ideas for health care reform</title>
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Increase availability, protect quality and control costs of our national health care, but don&#8217;t destroy it.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:24:05 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Police protection seems to be lacking</title>
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There appears to be little or no police protection available.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:22:49 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Congress gets elite health care</title>
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Congress would have us believe all three components of top-quality health care are available for all.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:07:37 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Students need family support in education</title>
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Parents need to ensure the importance of receiving a high education and instilling moral values and ethics in their kids.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:05:08 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>America needs better health care</title>
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Another area that needs an in-depth study is the medical malpractice industry.           ]]></description>
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          <title>School achievement can go up, or down</title>
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D.E. Sours Sr.&nbsp; 
Albemarle County           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:01:27 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Coal mines will kill Appalachia</title>
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We live on the edge of Appalachia           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:01:35 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Food drive exceeds expectations</title>
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I would like to thank all of the people who have so generously supported Neighbors-4-Neighbors, the food drive I began this past August. 
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          <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:02:47 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Volunteers leverage power for building</title>
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Thanks to the 130 Building Goodness Foundation volunteers who came out for BGF&#8217;s Fall Building Project Oct. 17-24.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Slutzky not responsive</title>
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We need to elect Rodney Thomas to the Rio seat on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors on Nov. 3.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:50:23 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Slutzky diligent, creative</title>
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I am impressed with David Slutzky&#8217;s diligence and creativity in investigating an idea that might preserve rural lands, fund county services and lower our taxes.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:48:10 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Neff knows Virginia must fund its needs</title>
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Let&#8217;s get real and vote for the real leader, Cynthia Neff.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:47:09 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Shannon has many good qualifications</title>
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For many years, we have been following Steve Shannon&#8217;s commitment to bettering the lives of Virginia&#8217;s citizens. 
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          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:46:03 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Bell would hold line on raising state taxes</title>
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When the issue came up, Rob Bell clearly stated he does not support tax increases.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:44:52 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Bell went above and beyond to give aid</title>
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With all the political talk, I want to tell about a different side of Rob Bell that I know.
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          <title>State must maintain roads</title>
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If we continue to ignore our transportation infrastructure as we have been doing for the past decade, it will be felt by the entire commonwealth.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:14:16 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Vote for substance over smooth style</title>
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If elections were determined by &#8220;silver tongued oration&#8221; or &#8220;handsome good look,&#8221; it&#8217;s doubtful Abraham Lincoln would have ever become president.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:12:56 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Rely on Cuccinelli for law and order</title>
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Ken Cuccinelli, candidate for attorney general, has a strong record of working for public safety and of defending our constitutional rights.
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          <title>Yes, mailer produces outrage &#8212; at Rob Bell</title>
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I, like a lot of other people, was outraged by the mailing about Del. Rob Bell. Outraged that Del. Bell voted the way he did.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:08:53 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>County lucky that Slutzky will serve</title>
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Mark Fried has been quoted as saying of David Slutzky, &#8220;He is the brightest, best informed and most knowledgeable person running for a board seat.&#8221; I agree.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Mailer highlighted issues</title>
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The intent of mymail piece was to point out that very few voters are actually aware of how Rob Bell votes in Richmond.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Slutzky land use idea not well&#45;thought&#45;out</title>
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David Slutzky&#8217;s plan to eliminate land use tax is not free choice at all for the current landowner, but is government coercion at its worst.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:19:04 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Slutzky thinks deeply on variety of issues</title>
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David Slutzky is certainly self-assured and he challenges convention. He is also by far the more capable of the candidates running for Rio District.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Which McDonnell can voters believe?</title>
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The timing of Bob McDonnell&#8217;s regret should be sounding alarm bells off in the minds of working women, feminists and homosexuals. 
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          <title>Paul Best would be best for city sheriff</title>
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Paul Best is the &#8220;best&#8221; choice for Charlottesville sheriff.
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          <title>Loophole &#8216;solution&#8217; shifts burden</title>
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Closing the Virginia gun show loophole is a fine idea. Problem is, none of proponents are addressing the other side&#8217;s concerns about how this will be done.            ]]></description>
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          <title>58th District lucky that Neff wants job</title>
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Citizens of the 58th District are privileged that Cynthia Neff is running for Rob Bell&#8217;s seat in the House of Delegates.
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          <title>Neff won&#8217;t say no to higher taxes</title>
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We don&#8217;t have to look at what they say, but can just look at their records.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Norris, Fenwick would save park</title>
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I&#8217;m basing my vote on this issue because the Meadowcreek Parkway is a disaster for Charlottesville.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:01:37 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Virginia is ripe for green reform</title>
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The title of the Oct. 7 article &#8220;Planning Commis-sion: Allow wind turbines&#8221; (The Daily Progress) brings up the crucial point that Virginia should not only allow more wind turbines, but should also be jumping at the chance to invest in this and other clean energy technologies.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Voters should limit reach of government</title>
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As citizens of this great state and country, we have this November a tremendous opportunity.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Broad vision is needed for city</title>
          <link>http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/broad_vision_is_needed_for_city/48098/</link>
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City Council elections will be here on Nov. 3. There are many issues confronting the citizens of Charlottesville in the days ahead, and it will take dedicated and informed leaders to meet those challenges.            ]]></description>
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Cynthia Neff&#8217;s campaign assertion that &#8220;Rob Bell is just like a cheating husband who gets away with it&#8221; has made it impossible for me to remain silent. Not only is this assertion sleazy, it is simply untrue.           ]]></description>
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In &#8220;County mulls once &#8216;unthinkable&#8217; cuts&#8221; (The Daily Progress, Oct. 17), we continue to hear only two options from our elected officials: one, reduce spending; the other, increase taxes. No one seems to examine our supervisors&#8217; chronic bad management decisions.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:01:33 EST</pubDate>
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I am writing to inform the citizens of Albemarle about a conversation I had two years ago with my neighbor, David Slutzky.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:59:56 EST</pubDate>
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The hallmark of mature citizens in a mature democratic society would be noticeable by several characteristics.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:58:15 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Redundancies hurt current health system</title>
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As the health care debate rages, here is my relatively insignificant recent experience with health care.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:57:35 EST</pubDate>
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Many years ago there was a commercial: &#8220;Where&#8217;s the beef?&#8221; As an independent voter in Albemarle, I am still waiting.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:56:34 EST</pubDate>
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One of my dreams for Charlottesville has been to have a public par-three golf course.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:31:54 EST</pubDate>
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Please vote Nov. 3 for Deeds, Wagner and Shannon. 
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          <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:30:42 EST</pubDate>
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I urge everyone in Samuel Miller District to vote for Madison Cummings on Nov. 3.
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          <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:22:40 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Neff campaign piece is a grasping at straws</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[
Connie Sylvester
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          <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:20:49 EST</pubDate>
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I ask voters to support Creigh Deeds, Jody Wagner, Steve Shannon, Dave Norris, Kristin Szakos and James Brown, Democrats.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:18:14 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Bell a good neighbor and good legislator</title>
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Most of the time Rob Bell is just being a dad, a citizen and good neighbor. This has made him an important part of our state government and community.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:16:35 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Pleas for money distort politics</title>
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With each election cycle, we are bombarded by pleas to contribute to someone&#8217;s election campaign, whether by mail, phone or fliers.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:22:31 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Democratic leaders serve Virginia well</title>
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Look at Bob McDonnell&#8217; actions &#8212; voting against a resolution to end wage discrimination based on gender.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:20:06 EST</pubDate>
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David Slutzky fully understands the complex issues facing Albemarle County today and has the intelligence and experience to create effective solutions.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:18:11 EST</pubDate>
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As a resident of one of Charlottesville&#8217;s &#8220;bedroom communities,&#8221; I want to comment on one of the area&#8217;s highest potential rural towns, Stanardsville.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:00:53 EST</pubDate>
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Del. Rob Bell has clout.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:59:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Schools small; benefits immeasurable</title>
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As the principal architect for the present design of Red Hill and Scottsville schools, I wish to applaud the many reasons for keeping the three schools open.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:54:47 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Re&#45;elect Bolling for fiscal responsibility</title>
          <link>http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/re-elect_bolling_for_fiscal_responsibility/48043/</link>
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Bill Bolling&#8217;s 18 years of service in government make him the most qualified candidate to seek the lieutenant governor&#8217;s office.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:48:57 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Try a &#8216;tougher&#8217; way in U.S. war</title>
          <link>http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/try_a_tougher_way_in_u.s._war/48040/</link>
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The Oct. 9 editorial, &#8220;A failure of commitment&#8221; (The Daily Progress), invites the question: How tough is President Obama, anyway?
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          <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:30:47 EST</pubDate>
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          <link>http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/cummings_earns_credentials_for_post/48039/</link>
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This is Gordon Walker and I am casting my vote for Madison Cummings for Albemarle County supervisor.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:29:21 EST</pubDate>
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          <link>http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/it_is_a_pity_that_nobody_reminded_the_nobel_peace_prize_selection_committee/48038/</link>
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It is a pity that nobody reminded the Nobel Peace Prize selection committee of the adage &#8220;Marry in haste and repent at leisure.&#8221;
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          <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:26:45 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Slutzky is attacking county landowners</title>
          <link>http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/slutzky_is_attacking_county_landowners/47601/</link>
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Albemarle Supervisor David Slutzky has shown his colors again by proposing that county landowners can qualify for land use taxation only if they put their land in permanent conservation easement.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:01:52 EST</pubDate>
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Good health is a basic necessity that ought to be sustained by enlightened public policy.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:01:31 EST</pubDate>
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The liberals and President Obama have been financially destroying our country ever since he took office. First it was the stimulus money.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:01:55 EST</pubDate>
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He claims to have saved 1,000 NGIC jobs and brought another 1,000 defense jobs to Albemarle County. Being an election year, I should have expected an incumbent to make such an outrageous claim. 
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          <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:01:49 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Cynthia Neff&#8217;s dedication to nursing profession impressive</title>
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I was most impressed with Cynthia Neff&#8217;s dedication to the nursing profession and to funding and support for the development of nurse practitioner programs. 

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          <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:01:48 EST</pubDate>
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Please&#8230; Can it get any worse? The Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama? For what? When? Why?
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          <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:01:31 EST</pubDate>
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Having lobbied the Virginia General Assembly as a citizen lobbyist since 1992 with respect to small farm concerns, I can attest to the fact that candidate for governor Creigh Deeds is especially sympathetic to issues surrounding the sale of food from local farmers directly to consumers.
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          <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:01:27 EST</pubDate>
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The Daily Progress editorial of Oct. 12 (&#8220;Negotiation, not threats&#8221;) encouraged Albemarle County Commonwealth&#8217;s Attorney Denise Lunsford &#8220;to work behind the scenes&#8221; and &#8220;quietly bargain for county [funding] assistance.&#8221;            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:01:22 EST</pubDate>
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David Slutzky is the most arrogant politician I have ever met and needs to be reminded that he works for us, and not the other way around.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:01:07 EST</pubDate>
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For many years I have questions the sanity of anyone who would spend a fortune to get a job that was only temporary and paid just a nominal salary. Of course, that happens to be a politician.
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          <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:01:06 EST</pubDate>
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How can a same-sex couple expect to get a divorce in Texas when Texas does not even recognize that they are married?            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:14:35 EST</pubDate>
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The debate between state Sen. Creigh Deeds and Robert McDonnell on Oct. 12 made evident the difference between these two men.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:13:13 EST</pubDate>
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We were impressed with the wonderful Italian food at Sal&#8217;s on Main Street, Charlottesville, as well as the caring shown to us.           ]]></description>
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It is inaccurate to attribute the possibility of demolishing the Crow swimming pools to the establishment of the YMCA.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:23:07 EST</pubDate>
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Independent candidate Bob Fenwick is responding to many pressing concerns for Charlottesville as he carefully weighs options and listens to the people. 
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          <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:20:29 EST</pubDate>
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The clear intent was that the Nobel Peace award be based on past achievements. Measured against this standard, President Obama is clearly deficient.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:03:13 EST</pubDate>
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We need Rodney Thomas on the Albemarle County Board of Supervi-sors representing the Rio District.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:02:21 EST</pubDate>
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President Obama is clearly deficient in meeting the standards for the Nobel Peace Prize.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:30:59 EST</pubDate>
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To remotely suggest that Rodney Thomas was personally resistant to Charlottesville&#8217;s integration of the public schools in 1958 is stranger than fiction.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:29:18 EST</pubDate>
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Our system is not set up to offer the greatest care to the greatest number of people. It is, instead, set up to profit insurance companies.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:59:44 EST</pubDate>
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I am very disappointed in the Hon. Rob Bell. He has failed to welcome his challenger to debates about issues and concerns of residents and voters.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:57:46 EST</pubDate>
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Gee, I guess the &#8220;race card&#8221; only works in one direction, huh?
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          <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:19:24 EST</pubDate>
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I&#8217;d like to share some education-related thoughts about the gubernatorial race.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:17:42 EST</pubDate>
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I was very disappointed to read The Daily Progress article &#8220;Neff &#8216;having a devil of a time&#8217; engaging Bell&#8221; (Sept. 25).            ]]></description>
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Does a position paper written when Bob McDonnell was 34 years old matter?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:01:24 EST</pubDate>
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Ken Cuccinelli as attorney general will fight for Virginians&#8217; right to determine Virginia&#8217;s future.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:01:05 EST</pubDate>
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Paul Best is running for Charlottesville sheriff as an independent. He is extremely qualified for this position and is serious about his work.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:01:43 EST</pubDate>
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Until both of our political parties are willing to talk about adequate taxation to pay for adequate government, we&#8217;ll be doomed to live an economic fantasy that 10 million unemployed Americans would more likely call a nightmare.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:01:31 EST</pubDate>
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Are trees going to be removed to construct a private, religiously affiliated building in a public park?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:01:29 EST</pubDate>
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As a state senator, Ken Cuccinelli has made a positive difference in the lives of many Virginians           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:01:23 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>What is happening to this country?</title>
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While visiting Washington, D.C., on Sept. 12, my wife and I found ourselves caught up in a massive crowd of overwhelmingly well-behaved, good-humored and average-looking Americans gathered on the Mall for a Tea Party to protest against government intrusion in their lives and the growing tax burden.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:01:12 EST</pubDate>
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Since there are so many baby boomers who are facing a medical crisis, this matter has become a major concern.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:13:16 EST</pubDate>
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Kudos to the talented high school students of our community and the Piedmont Council of the Arts in its efforts to encourage and support them.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:12:17 EST</pubDate>
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There are hundreds of reasons why the Charlottesville-Albemarle County area is special, but how about three million reasons? That is the number of community service hours University of Virginia students have provided the area since the creation of Madison House, now one of the largest student-led volunteer centers in the country.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:11:28 EST</pubDate>
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Based on the position of the three candidates on the issue of the possible closing of the three schools in our county, the choice for who should be the next Albemarle County supervisor from the Samuel Miller District is clear: Duane Snow.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:17:17 EST</pubDate>
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Susan Marie H. Jones
Charlottesville
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          <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:16:58 EST</pubDate>
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The column &#8220;Reform will leave us worse off&#8221; (The Daily Progress, Sept. 19) strikes me as a tale based on the subtext: &#8220;If you are not wealthy enough to afford health care like I am, it&#8217;s your own fault; don&#8217;t expect me to pay for it.&#8221;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:15:26 EST</pubDate>
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James E. Brown III is the Democratic candidate running for the office of sheriff for Charlottesville.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:57:07 EST</pubDate>
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Recently, the Charlottesville City Council decided to apologize for the Massive Resistance to the desegregation movement. This simply isn&#8217;t enough.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:56:35 EST</pubDate>
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I urge offiicals to ban the dangerous, cruel practice of chaining dogs.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:47:18 EST</pubDate>
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Cal Thomas&#8217;s Sept. 25 column promotes anything but Christian values in dealing with the countries that threaten us.           ]]></description>
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