Public employees refusing to see reality
     Marc Gaswirth’s recent Your Turn guest column (Tri-Town News, Feb. 18) explaining how the state’s contract negotiation rules stack the deck against school boards and taxpaying citizens was excellent.
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Managing editor’s column is going after the wrong individuals
     This letter is in response to the column “School Districts Face A Moment of Truth” by Greater Media Newspapers Managing Editor Mark Rosman (Tri-Town News, Feb. 25). I am a relatively new teacher. I changed careers in my late 40s. Prior to teaching, I worked at a large telecommunications company for many years, earning a very good salary.
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Congress must extend economic relief to Social Security beneficiaries
     For the first time since 1975, Social Security beneficiaries will not receive a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) this year.F
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