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Mike Oakland, Editorial Page Editor

Jerry Wakefield, Managing Editor

Peter Stroble, Community Representative

Katherine Mahoney, Community Representative

2010 Letters of the month

January: Liza Rognas, Olympia

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    Bill would spotlight money's role in politics

    Voters who want to see where candidates for public office are getting their money, as well as how those candidates are spending campaign contributions, can easily search the database at the state Public Disclosure Commission's Web site (www.pdc.wa.gov).

    State cannot pretend to believe it is buying adequate care for elders

    Adult family homes are once again in the spotlight for abuse, neglect and exploitation of our dependent elders. The focus of that spotlight however is unjustly directed. The truth is that we have not yet valued our elders sufficiently to fund adequate care for them and we have generally accepted the often unsatisfactory results.

    Letters to the Editor for Feb. 9

    • Quality early learning prevents crime later
    • Take 5 percent pay cut from managers, too
    • Politicians care about re-election, not us
    • Clocks would make red-light cameras safer
    • Crisis Clinic merits support

    Federal bill puts rail upgrades on fast track

    In his first State of the Union address as president, Barack Obama urged Congress to pass a jobs bill, with a focus on improving the nation’s infrastructure. Letters to the Editor for Feb. 8

    • Don’t place bottom line above democracy
    • School cafeterias need vegetarian options
    • Help the port in Grays Harbor, not Oregon
    • Blame corporate greed, not government

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