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<![CDATA[Thanks for support, New Milford voters]]>
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<![CDATA[Thank you for your support again this year. The campaign season is a busy and exciting time for all candidates and this year was no exception. Locally, most of us stuck to the issues and tried to get the vote out with great success. Congratulations to all of our newly elected officials and thank you to all of you who have completed your terms in office.]]>
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<![CDATA[rmorgan@newstimes.com (<i></i>)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:07:40 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[House health care bill a chance at history]]>
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<![CDATA[On Saturday, Nov. 7, a bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives made history by passing H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act.After nearly a century of false starts, this was the first time a chamber of Congress has ever passed comprehensive health insurance reform.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:07:40 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Wonderful lecture, disappointing turnout]]>
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<![CDATA[Wow, double wow. I just returned from the wonderful new WestConn Science center, where I heard Nobel Prize recipient Dr. Berrian Moore III lecture on the evidence to date for changes humans are making to the atmosphere.The first wow is for the contribution this university makes to our community by bringing such world-class individuals to little old Danbury.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:07:34 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Cops' 'Click It' program merely hollow publicity]]>
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<![CDATA[The seat-belt checks being performed by the New Milford police department as a part of the "Click It or Ticket" program waste the valuable time of local law enforcement.The idea behind the campaign, to assert the seriousness of wearing seat belts and to make visible the ticketing penalty for failure to wear one, lacks substantial benefits to the community.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:07:28 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Explain why small band should dictate policy]]>
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<![CDATA[We have a problem. It is an enormous problem, and it is past time that we tell our government officials, media management and journalists, our school administrators and faculty, and our business and various other institutional leaders that we demand that they be honest and courageous in their communication with those they service.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:53:50 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Support live music at New Milford cafe]]>
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<![CDATA[On Tuesday, Nov. 17, there was a public hearing scheduled for the Sports Page Cafe's request for a zoning change. The change would allow live entertainment. There's a petition to oppose this request currently making the rounds.As a resident of New Milford and a musician, I support any venue that offers live music in our town.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:53:49 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Failure of capitalism or government policy?]]>
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<![CDATA[Many people are finding it fashionable to blame our current economic problems on the failure of capitalism -- as if capitalism was something that they're bored with and they've decided it's time to try "something new" like socialism (which isn't really "new).]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:53:42 -0700]]>
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