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Guess that shatters that less than 5% re-offend rate the wives, mothers and girlfriends of sex offenders love to try and pass off as fact. The latest studies fly in the face of what sex offender advocacy groups try to shove down your throat. Depending on victim preference? It has these guys offendering at over 80% true hardcore pedophiles 100% ..time to lock them up and throw away the key. There is no fixin this kind of broke.. |
| Posted by Valerie Parkhurst on May 16, 2012 at 11:42 am |
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This was a train wreck waiting to happen. NOBODY should be surprized. |
| Posted by Michael Chupa on May 15, 2012 at 10:29 pm |
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For all you dissenters of Mr. Maley's article you either don't have kids, aren't a teacher, or are wealthy and send your kids to private schools. What Mr. Maley's article describes is very real and there are numerous sites to do reference work should you so inclined to get off your pedistals and do the work. You can start at www.angelaengel.com she has plenty of facts about how corporate america is trying to privatize public education. Pearson is making millions of the backs of our kids with their SUBstandard assessments and curriculum. You the taxpayer are paying for their blunders! Do the research before you slam a good article.
Below are groups who can tell you the truth:
Change the Stakes/GEM 'changethestakes@googlegroups.com' NY group
Time out from Testing
United Opt-Out www.unitedoptout.com
Class Size Matters NY
Chris Cerrone 'nystoptesting@gmail.com' NY
Diane Ravitch NY
Don Perl/CBE www.thecbe.org CO
Fair Test www.fairtest.org
Occupy the DOE
Parents across America www.paretnsacrossamerica.org
ParentVoicesBrooklyn
Restore Education Funding (Nyack group)
Bartleby Project--contact? www.bartlebyproject.org
Susan Ohanian www.susanohanian.org VT
Marisa Kaplan marisa@edgeeks.com collecting information pieces from students
www.buildbetterschools.com CO
Coalition for Educational Justice--NYC
http://www.students4ourschools.org/faq.html CO
U4Kids@yahoogroups.com CO
www.angelaengel.com CO
http://www.eduperspectivescv.org/index.php CA
http://pwceducationreform.wordpress.com/prince-william-county-pwc-prince-william-county-schools-pwcs-education-virginia/ VA
texasparentsoptoutstatetests@yahoo.com.
Kathleen Oropeza http://www.fundeducationnow.org/ FL
https://www.facebook.com/pages/We-Support-Schools-Snohomish/302417236448130 WA
http://gemnyc.org/ NY
http://communityvoicesforpubliceducation.wordpress.com/ |
| Posted by Nina Bishop on May 15, 2012 at 4:14 pm |
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Take the money from the Fort Hammer Bridge and fix the DeSoto Bridge! |
| Posted by David Berube on May 15, 2012 at 12:57 pm |
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I'm glad Joe McClash has time for this issue rather than spend all his time bashing wounded, decorated veterans. |
| Posted by Douglas Hicks on May 15, 2012 at 11:47 am |
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Lee-
Thank you for your concern, but we only release the native species into the wild because we are very informed of the ramifications for releasing non-native species. |
| Posted by Merab Favorite on May 15, 2012 at 10:14 am |
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Interesting that Betsy Benac didn't make the cut on signatures needed that would have saved her campaign a few dollars.Why wouldn't you take the opportunity to save the funds and get out and about so folks can get to know you and you in turn get to hear the concerns of the voting public.
We need a commissioner that will listen to the public and will act as a voice for the tax payer. We are looking for a representative that works for us and not the building industry. |
| Posted by Bob Harrington on May 14, 2012 at 6:15 pm |
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We must be siblings, you just described my Mom. |
| Posted by Carmen Merriam on May 14, 2012 at 5:26 pm |
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our daughter treated us on mothers day to dinner at the lodge. we had wonderful service and good food and a great look at old florida. we hope to make reservations for the camp grounds soon. |
| Posted by devona moran on May 13, 2012 at 11:05 pm |
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I appreciate the power of this memory and i am hoping that the only thing she released where things she collected from the wild. BUT I must point out the danger to our ecosystem of releasing aquarium fish or any other exotics. This where we get lion fish and pythons now ravaging native wildlife. Collecting too can be problematic if too many people collect declining species. Perhaps you could follow up with something on this topic. Thanks |
| Posted by Lee Lindsey on May 13, 2012 at 8:17 am |
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Downtown Bradenton and historical building such a high priority yet Manatee County continues to use the old historical telephone building a block off Main Street for storage. They have turned down offers to buy from law firms. Why does Ed move the storage to the old jail and sell the building for the good of down town. Storage does not bring much traffic. |
| Posted by Richard McNulty on May 13, 2012 at 7:04 am |
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As a newcomer to the political arena, I enjoyed the petition process. It was an opportunity to get out and talk to people in our community, to hear the issues that are important to people. But it was work, a taste of the work involved in campaigning. One night I literally started losing my voice. But that's the way we should be exhausting our voices speaking up for what we believe in, for a cause. |
| Posted by Nathaniel Leonard on May 10, 2012 at 11:56 pm |
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Good idea to post a photo of the plant/tree you are discussing. If it is dangerous to pets and small children...we might want to see which one it is? Just like the lady in this story...not knowing. Thank You. |
| Posted by SOPHIA RYAN on May 10, 2012 at 4:36 pm |
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No pool? Good luck on beating out other places w/pool in Fla. |
| Posted by Kathy Morrison on May 10, 2012 at 4:01 pm |
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In the United Kingdom to run for national parliament you only need 10 petitions from within your district and a filing fee of around 500 pounds ($730) which is returned to you if you win 5% of the vote or more. In Canada similarly you need between 50 and 100 signatures depending on the district for national parliament. This does not result in "overwhelming" numbers of prank candidates. Surely county offices could be equally accessible with a low petition requirement and a reasonable filing fee that acts like a deposit so as not to penalize people for running. |
| Posted by Buddy Howles on May 10, 2012 at 1:12 pm |
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For a candidate who always talked about changing Tallahassee from business as usual if the voters would just elect him seems to have blended in with the rest of the gang in Tallahassee.It seems he is just another two bit politician trying to get reelected by catering to the power brokers in politics & business. |
| Posted by William E.Moore on May 10, 2012 at 12:36 pm |
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A lot of these criminals sneak into the U.S. illegally which push our numbers up but also jailing people for really minor offenses does too .Maybe if we put the politicians in prison who commit "so called" small infractions as we do the ordinary citizens maybe our country would be better off in the long run.The bunch that write the laws think they are above it.If that thinking changes maybe we would need less prisons. |
| Posted by William E.Moore on May 10, 2012 at 12:28 pm |
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Lets get this guy out of there since Channel 13 turned up all the stuff he has been up to. Not someone I would want in office anymore after the article channel 13 ran about him. |
| Posted by Jack Campbell on May 10, 2012 at 10:38 am |
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So typical of a Tea Party nutcase who does not know or understand the process. Let get him out of there damn he is as bad as the Wisc Ohio and Mich wackos we put in by mistake. |
| Posted by Lee Vernier on May 10, 2012 at 9:32 am |
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Bravo Jane & Joe in qualifying for upcoming election. Jane is a fierce fighter protecting our vote, and Joe protects us from developers determined to buy elections. Voters- don't be complacent, help these two candidates win...Joe Kane |
| Posted by Joe Kane on May 10, 2012 at 9:28 am |
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I was delighted to see that Jane Von Hahmann will be a candidate. She is a terrificf lady and did a terrific job as a County Commissioner! |
| Posted by Joe Shea on May 9, 2012 at 2:37 pm |
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Just want to thank you for the article on qualifying by Petition. As the lone candidate out of 6 Republicans running for Supervisor of Elections, I just wanted to comment on how daunting this task is in a County wide race. Though 406 signatures needed to run in a District requires work, the task of finding 2028 registered voters willing to sign a Voter Petition is extremely hard work. It took many, many hours of walk, talking, and explaining. I would venture to say I spoke with well over 3500 people personally, along with the assistance of others who gathered several hundred signatures for me, I submitted 2285 just to obtain the 2028. I would like to thank those who helped, they came in when needed, helping to push me over the top, without them I might not have made it! I worked very hard but the reward is awesome. My name, Jane von Hahmann, will be on the ballot August 14th and I save $6,771.00 (your figures are a bit outdated). So now on to what should be an exciting campaign. Please don't forget us in your reporting, Supervisor of Elections is a very important Office. It is the one which protects and provides for the most important individual right of each and every one of us, the right to vote and run for office. |
| Posted by Jane von Hahmann on May 9, 2012 at 12:11 pm |
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And yet still no ball parks for our little league. |
| Posted by Colin Tripp on May 8, 2012 at 11:47 am |
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Go peddle your extreme and derisive view to the Salon gang.
What a pathetically cynical perspective on the noble objective of freeing 21 million people from a virulent tyranny of men in robes. Try telling those who joyously held up their purple fingers your rewrite of history.
We assisted democrats (of the Northern Alliance)establish a parliament, a constitution that gives women rights and eliminating the threat of terrorist camps that produce the atrocities of Islamic fundamentalism.
This essay is the terribly biased perspective of the blame America first, peace at any price crowd; get a life. |
| Posted by cornelius vansant on May 7, 2012 at 2:38 pm |
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I commend Joe on his online papers success but the real congrats go to his writing staff especially Denis Maley. A voice that this community really needs! |
| Posted by A. L. Randall on May 7, 2012 at 8:13 am |
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President Obama completed the mission: OBL is dead. That was the mission to get those who attacked the US. Bring this war to a conclusion. And immediately begin a surtax to pay for it. The freedom lover's war surtax should be targeted to those who have benefited from the war spending. |
| Posted by Dr. Joseph J Amato on May 6, 2012 at 6:06 pm |
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This is my uncle and I helped him when he was writing this book. |
| Posted by Linda Hall Perez on May 6, 2012 at 4:22 pm |
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It's time to pull out of this never ending war.They have been feuding & fighting for centuries because they are tribal in structure.To lose anymore Americans in this war is insane ,let them fight among themselves.They do not want us there which is evident by their demonstrations against us. |
| Posted by William E. Moore on May 6, 2012 at 3:26 pm |
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Our district has every year at the mandatory September meeting (as posted on your taxbill) to answer the public's questions, never answered anything. They haul out a power point created by Tim McGonagal and Jim Drake with the same data year after year. I believe that power point came about in 2003. They complain and tell us how unfair the State is to the local counties. That there is never enough money to do the job with. Let's just get a fair answer, what services are needed to provide our students with a quality education that makes them labor ready, qualified voters and if they have the ability, college ready? |
| Posted by Linda Neely on May 5, 2012 at 9:33 am |
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Dennis,
Although I rarely completely agree with your views because we're usually on different sides of political ideology, I always admire your eloquence and thoughtfulness. Thanks for writing such articulate opinions. |
| Posted by Steve Vernon on May 5, 2012 at 8:35 am |
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