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Throughout the long, at times agonizing health reform debate, conservatives and insurance-industry lobbyists have argued that we don’t need a public insurance plan to compete with private insurers.
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Scott Brinton
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11/26/09
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Next month, the Valley Stream Herald will name its Person of the Year. I am asking you, members of the community, for help in deciding who this honor should go to for 2009.
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Andrew Hackmack
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11/25/09
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To the Editor:
Early this year, consolidation of various government was suggested by state representatives as a way to reduce or control various local taxes. This idea has gone nowhere and fell on deaf ears
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11/20/09
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Let us go back to the day, the bright and beautiful September day, when all the promise of a new morning collapsed in on itself like the towers themselves. The images and sounds of the attack — the planes, the falling bodies, the imploding buildings, the gaping maw where New York’s greatest landmarks stood, the dust, the smell, the photos of loved ones taped to windows — are etched in our minds forever.
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Randi Kreiss
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11/19/09
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Representative Peter King got it right.
Nidal Hasan, the 39-year-old Army major who killed 13 soldiers at Ford Hood and left many more injured, is a devoted Muslim of Jordanian and Palestinian decent. Witnesses at the scene said that before Hasan opened fire, he shouted, “Allahu Akbar!” Arabic for “God is great!” These are also the words shouted by suicide bombers before they attack and kill. While shooting, Hasan reportedly bowed his head in prayer while innocent people died.
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Al D'Amato
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11/19/09
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As it turns out, we have a new Nassau County executive. Democrat Thomas Suozzi conceded defeat to Republican challenger Ed Mangano last week. Suozzi lost by a mere 386 votes.
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Scott Brinton
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11/19/09
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The holiday shopping season began with a headline-making tragedy last year: A 34-year-old temporary worker at the Valley Stream Walmart was killed when customers rushed the store at its 5 a.m. opening. Jdimytai Damour was trampled to death, and as the anniversary of this Black Friday incident approaches, our thoughts are with Damour’s family.
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11/19/09
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So who was America’s greatest female pilot? No it was not Amelia Earhart. I say that Amelia was not a naturally gifted pilot. She had many crackups and lost control of her plane on too many occasions.
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Guy Ferrara
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11/18/09
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Congratulations are in order to the Republicans who defeated incumbent Democrats in the county Legislature. The majority has now shifted to the GOP after the Democrats held it for 10 years.
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11/12/09
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For those of you who didn’t vote in last week’s election — and based on the numbers, that includes far too many of you — tsk tsk. You owe your neighbors and fellow taxpayers who did vote a thank-you for saving you from the status quo.
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Al D'Amato
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11/12/09
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