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"Your Voice" features longer and distinctively personal commentary from readers on topics that don't seem to fit in a letter to the editor. Try to limit submissions to about 600 words.
Send proposed articles to chief editorial writer Patrick O'Callahan, The News Tribune, PO Box 11000, Tacoma, Wash. 98411 (or e-mail Patrick O'Callahan). Articles may be edited and republished in any format by The News Tribune.
Re: “Maine: Voters there got it right on same-sex marriage” (letter, 11-6).
I don’t know if anyone else noticed anything irritating about the recent election. No, it wasn’t the outcome of any of the races, it was how unbelievably slow Washington state and Pierce County are in tallying votes after the election. Virginia had 97 percent of its votes tallied within four hours, not four days, after the polls closed on election day. New Jersey’s was the same, 96 percent tallied three hours after closing of the polls.
As the Fort Hood murders clearly show, we can’t afford to be politically correct when it comes to our military personnel in a post-9/11 world.
I was initially hopeful during my doctor’s appointment a few weeks ago when I was informed that they were expecting to receive a shipment the last week of October of the swine flu vaccine. Unfortunately, the shipment they were sent from the Pierce County Health Department only supplied their office with one day’s worth of vaccinations. They do not know when they will receive another.
Hooray for pro-life and traditional family values. I wish to congratulate the voters of Maine – one of the most liberal states in the Union – for rejecting the counterfeit and oxymoronic notion of “same-sex marriage.”
The New York Yankees have won the World Series. They are baseball’s champions. In the comment sections, there are a lot of remarks about how much people “hate” the Yankees. I admit that I used to feel the same way about them. I hated the fact that George Steinbrenner had all this money to put together a team of the best of the best. But being the baseball fanatic that I am, my attitude toward this or any other team has changed.
Re: “Say bye-bye to future assembly lines” (letter, 11-4). The writer states that new 787 production line in South Carolina is due to higher wages here in Washington. If you know anything about living standards in the south, you know working people there barely eke out a living. Real estate is cheaper there, due to low wages. Costs for everything else is the same as the rest of the country.
Re: Out-of-district students in University Place School District.
Have our judges not seen the news the past year? Have they seen that county employees are going to pay 10 percent of their health care insurance, and many other people have none at all? And the judges threaten to sue for double health care coverage?
Trying to deflect culpability in the election of Michael Hecht, The News Tribune in a blog and editorial found it necessary to once again accuse Judge Sergio Armijo of incompetence. Using a questionable survey taken by the local bar association, the editorial board cried, “Don’t blame us, we were just reporting.”
I am not exactly sure what Bill Driscoll (“Afghanistan: ‘What now Mr. President?’” 11-5) in getting at in his article.
V
eterans Day was created as a day to honor each and every veteran who fought to protect this nation. Many Americans have lost sight of the true meaning of Veterans Day. Please let any veteran you know how grateful you are for their service to the country. A simple handshake and a thank you will mean a lot to any veteran who took time out of his life to defend the nation.
Re: Police seek clues to fatal shooting of officer (TNT, 11-2).
Like puppies in a pile, campaign signs for candidates I supported now lie in a heap in the corner of my garage. The 2009 election season has officially ended.
At 9 p.m. on election night, every county has reported some results except Pierce and Yakima.
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