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          <title>Follow a thread of mystery ...</title>
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A snippet of Amelia Earhart&#8217;s &#8220;hair&#8221; was actually a collection of thread.           ]]></description>
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Here&#8217;s a charmer &#8230; and her name is Meadow.
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          <title>The breath a&#8217; what?</title>
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In Oxford, Ohio, police stopped a man on Halloween night and charged him in connection with numerous alleged offenses.           ]]></description>
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          <title>After tragedy, compassion overflows</title>
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I was deeply moved to see dozens of musicians and hundreds of music fans celebrate the memory of Johnny Gilmore.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Thanks to donors in Gilmore event</title>
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As organizers of the Johnny Gilmore Remembrance and Fundraiser, we thank everyone who helped, played and attended.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Habitat hones woman do&#45;it&#45;yourselfers</title>
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If sharpened steel blades whirling at high speed make you queasy or the thought of 120 volts of household current running through your veins makes you swoon, you might want to make a quick visit this morning to Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville.
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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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          <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>Agency flees responsibility</title>
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&#8220;Trust us. We&#8217;re here from the federal government and we&#8217;re here to help you.&#8221;
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          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:48:44 EST</pubDate>
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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>We need both winners, losers</title>
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Virginia voters gave Bob McDonnell a mandate to focus on the commonwealth&#8217;s lagging economy.
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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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          <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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          <title>Police protection seems to be lacking</title>
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There appears to be little or no police protection available.            ]]></description>
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With this year&#8217;s election just finished, let&#8217;s look back at the state&#8217;s rookie senators: Democrats Jim Webb and Mark Warner. 
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          <title>The beauty of science</title>
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Congratulations to the University of Virginia and Trinh Xuan Thuan, an astronomy professor and author.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:20:17 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>
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          <title>Aim of service shows depth</title>
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Whatever results, the political candidates have been a vital part of the greatest political process on Earth: an election in a participatory democracy.            ]]></description>
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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>
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Last year, Virginia failed to mail some 2,100 absentee ballots in time           ]]></description>
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          <title>Some thoughts on the missing from the psychic realm</title>
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On television, the cops are good looking and the psychics are not only believed but their opinions actively sought.           ]]></description>
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          <title>McDonnell right for Virginia</title>
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We say this with great respect for his opponent, state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds           ]]></description>
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          <title>Coal mines will kill Appalachia</title>
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We live on the edge of Appalachia           ]]></description>
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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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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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Charlottesville needs Dave Norris&#8217; experience on Council. 
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A governing body benefits from new energy and fresh ideas. The Daily Progress is endorsing write-in candidate Andrew Williams for City Council.
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          <title>PREP looks back at 35 years of &#8216;significant impact&#8217;</title>
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Mandated by law, planned by intergovernmental committee and implemented with the goal of helping troubled learners and learners with trouble, the Piedmont Regional Education Program &#8212; PREP &#8212; has gone from 26 preschoolers in 1975 to 920 students in kindergarten through 12th grade.           ]]></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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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>
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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>
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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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When the issue came up, Rob Bell clearly stated he does not support tax increases.            ]]></description>
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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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The 57th District is fortunate to have David Toscano as its delegate.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:42:00 EST</pubDate>
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The Daily Progress recommends that voters send Rob Bell back to Richmond.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:36:49 EST</pubDate>
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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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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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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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          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:10:29 EST</pubDate>
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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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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>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:06:38 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Go full steam on bullet train</title>
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But if this country truly wants high-speed rail, we&#8217;re going to have to get serious about the effort. Eight billion dollars won&#8217;t get us there.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:05:33 EST</pubDate>
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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>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:20:56 EST</pubDate>
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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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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>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:16:45 EST</pubDate>
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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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          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:13:58 EST</pubDate>
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Paul Best is the &#8220;best&#8221; choice for Charlottesville sheriff.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:12:47 EST</pubDate>
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The story of Sgt. David Budwah baffles the mind. 
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          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:07:16 EST</pubDate>
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James Madison University&#8217;s leveling of charges against two student journalists raises troubling concerns over press freedom.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:05:07 EST</pubDate>
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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>
          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:51:18 EST</pubDate>
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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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          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:50:29 EST</pubDate>
<guid>http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/58th_district_lucky_that_neff_wants_job/48088/#When:21:50:29Z</guid>
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Two issues from last spring describe the challenges that will await the net governor Virginia: federal stimulus mondy and federal education money.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:48:12 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Dot&#45;com minds share their Web wisdom</title>
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When the economy gets weird, the weird turn pro and the truly weird flock straight to the Internet.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:01:51 EST</pubDate>
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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>
          <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:01:49 EST</pubDate>
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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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He brings a totally unique viewpoint that adds to the insights which, in total, make up county government.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:01:20 EST</pubDate>
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          <link>http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/op_ed/article/lowry_tops_to_lead_miller/48011/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[
Mr. Lowry presents the most finely nuanced evaluation of county and district issues.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:01:04 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>
          <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:04:49 EST</pubDate>
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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>
          <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:03:08 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Broad vision is needed for city</title>
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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>
          <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:02:21 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Bell is all he seems</title>
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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>
          <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:01:44 EST</pubDate>
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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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          <link>http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/slutzky_vs._thomas_race_bringing_out_the_worst/48094/</link>
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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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          <title>Neff&#8217;s attack on Bell misguided</title>
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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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Virginia has two fundamentally different, yet fundamentally able, candidates running for attorney general.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:54:38 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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          <title>Deeds, Wagner and Shannon are best</title>
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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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          <title>Cummings would be worthy successor</title>
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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>
          <link>http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/neff_campaign_piece_is_a_grasping_at_straws/48083/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[
Connie Sylvester
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          <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:20:49 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Democratic ticket is right for Virginia</title>
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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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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>
<guid>http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/bell_a_good_neighbor_and_good_legislator/48081/#When:21:16:35Z</guid>
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For the ninth year in a row, silver was the most popular color for cars in America. Twenty percent of U.S. cars are silver.
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A recent police chase in California illustrates a wave of the future.
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As the Good Neigh Bear danced, State Farm Insurance agent Gary Albert made the dangerous move of reaching into the car of a teen driver.           ]]></description>
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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>
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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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David Slutzky fully understands the complex issues facing Albemarle County today and has the intelligence and experience to create effective solutions.           ]]></description>
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Cynthia Neff&#8217;s abhorrent mailer comparing her opponent&#8217;s votes to the immorality of a cheating husband is reprehensible.           ]]></description>
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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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Del. Rob Bell has clout.
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Preliminary new figures on school dropout rates inject a pressing issue into the current Albemarle County Board of Supervisors race.
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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>
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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>
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It&#8217;s common sense: If offenders get help transitioning back into society, the transition is more likely to be successful.
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The legacy of Barack Obama&#8217;s victory in 2008, thus far, has been one of division. 
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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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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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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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A judge&#8217;s decision sends exactly the right signal about the importance of voting and the state&#8217;s error in not mailing absentee ballots in accordance with law.           ]]></description>
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Applause to Nicole Muller, a high school junior who has taken on a big goal: Trying to collect a ton of food before Saturday to donate to local food banks.           ]]></description>
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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>
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Good health is a basic necessity that ought to be sustained by enlightened public policy.            ]]></description>
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With a few months to live, Pam Lamb wants to raise as much money for cancer research as she can.           ]]></description>
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The party of &#8220;change,&#8221; as it turns out, has done little to advance the cause of reform when it comes to military earmarks and political back-scratching.           ]]></description>
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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>
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