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Letter: College district needs new board of trustees

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Letter: Give Harlan credit for taking stand

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Letter: Questioning Toyota's gas pedal resolution

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Letter: Ex-eBay customer not a Whitman fan

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Letter: Former paperboy recalls 'great times'

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Political Letters

• Letter: Congress embraces 'group think'
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• Letter: Democrats get goodies to pay for votes
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• Letter: Why the GOP resists 'public option' reform
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• Letter: Use ‘Obamaphone’ to air complaints
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• Letter: Falsehoods fuel nation's emotions
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