The “R-Word” and Ann Coulter – Raising Consciousness? By Mark Scheerer When conservative commentator Ann Coulter used the word “retard” to describe President Obama in the final days of the campaign, it sparked an angry response from people who consider that “hate speech.” Ironically, Coulter may have done them a favor by helping spread word [...]

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To the Editor;   Ready or not, here’s a few of my observations regarding the Attleboro municipal election of November 8th, 2011.   1) Political brochures and similar election paraphernalia should only be allowed to be distributed if the candidate or campaign worker actually hands it to you. Let’s ban leaving it hanging on your front [...]

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To the Editor;      I opened my Attleboro city utility bill recently and after picking my eyeballs up off the table and putting them back in my head, made a side by side comparison to the one that I received last quarter. I realized that it was almost double what I had previously paid [...]

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To the Editor,      I fail to see the point in the Sun Chronicle continuing to allow people to write letters endorsing their favorite candidate(s) in any upcoming election. The process is really pointless when you think about it. I say great things about my candidate, how he/she is best at everything (kissing babies, [...]

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Letter to the Editor,  At a time when state budgets have been cut to the bone and municipalities throughout the state are facing Draconian cuts in education, services and social programs, there are still ways to alleviate some of the pain.  One current program, the Massachusetts Municipal Solar Tariff enables towns and cities across the [...]

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Letter to the editor I fail to see what the big deal is if the usually unchallenged positions of City Clerk, Treasurer and Tax Collector become appointed positions as objected to in a recent “news” story by a candidate in the fall election (Elect officials, candidate for city council argues, 8/17 Sun).    The average [...]

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To the Editor: At the first candidate’s forum that was held at the South Attleboro American Legion on June 29th, there were many issues where Mayor Dumas and I had differing points of view. However, there was one thing that we both agreed on and even sealed with a handshake: we both agreed to run [...]

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Letter To Editor    I guess that I can understand the Mayor getting so worked up over the “slush fund” story (Attleboro elections warming up, 7/27/11 Sun), which claims that the City of Attleboro has been overcharging the financially independent water and wastewater departments for city services (which is ultimately felt by city water and sewer [...]

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To the editor, Words (that can be printed on this Opinion Page) can’t even begin to express my frustration and disappointment upon reading of the recent vandalism at St. Stephen’s Cemetery (“Vandals hit city cemetery”, 7/29/11 Sun). It’s obvious that the caliber of people capable of this act aren’t the same who would read an editorial [...]

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To the Editor: On behalf of the Greater Attleboro/Taunton Coalition to End Homelessness (GATCH), and United Way of Greater Attleboro/Taunton (UWGAT), I would like to thank all of the sponsors and volunteers that helped to make the first Attleboro/Taunton Project Homeless Connect event a success.  Bristol County Savings Bank was this year’s major event sponsor, [...]

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