Candidate's plan makes sense to resident
      The lack of action at the federal level on illegal immigration has forced local elected officials to confront this important issue. I would like to applaud Monmouth County sheriff candidate Kim Guadagno's plan to authorize correctional officers inside the county jail with the power to check an inmate's immigration status.
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Resident says she will get off of the political sidelines this year
      A township committee should be a group of concerned, mature, dedicated public servants. It should not be a psychiatric ward.
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Big Brother is watching over students in the FRHSD
      This letter is in response to the article "MV Violations to Bring Loss of Parking Privilege" that was published in the News Transcript on July 25, 2007.
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District's decision on parking ban is highly illogical
      The Freehold Regional High School District's new plan to unfairly punish students who receive citations for motor vehicle infractions illustrates the district's illogical decision-making and hasty rush to restrict. A school district should not have any involvement whatsoever in implementing a punishment for a violation usually handled by municipal authorities.
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Wildlife council needs experts on board, not politicians
      In a letter titled "Back Panter's Reform of Fish and Wildlife Council" published in the News Transcript on July 11, 2007, political activist Cathy McCartney celebrated a backdoor deal by Democratic machine politician (state Assemblyman) Mike Panter to make political influence the key to the Fish and Wildlife Council as a triumph of "democracy." How ironic.
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