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• Hezbollah targets schools teaching Diary of Anne Frank

  —Jackson Jambalaya

  Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) reports on how the Diary of Anne Frank is seen in Lebanon:
  "Reporter [holding the book]: "This is the book that is taught in several schools in Beirut, which recounts the diary of an Israeli [sic] girl during World War II. Let’s delve together [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 12:43am EST
  

• Wicker Rejects Administration Claim that Legalizing Illegal Immigrants will Help U.S. Economy

  —Yall Politics

  Wicker Rejects Administration Claim that Legalizing Illegal Immigrants will Help U.S. Economy WASHINGTON – Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., joined with several colleagues today in rejecting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano’s claim that legalizing illegal immigrants will help the U.S. economy. Sec. Napolitano addressed immigration reform last Friday during a [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:50pm EST
  

• Nunnelee For Congress Release - Where are the jobs?

  —Yall Politics

  Nunnelee For Congress Release - Where are the jobs? Tupelo, MS… Congressman Travis Childers voted for President Obama and Nancy Pelosi’s $787 billion stimulus package saying it would create 9000 jobs in the First Congressional District. Recently he claimed it’s ‘working.’ But the number of unemployed people in North Mississippi continues [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:49pm EST
  

• Someone adopt this dog.

  —Jackson Jambalaya

  
  Adopt Nika at the Mississippi Animal Rescue League. 601-969-1631 [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:12pm EST
  

• Should we audit the Fed?

  —Jackson Jambalaya

  
  
  
  Santelli and the Fed Pimp go at it over the Fed. [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:24pm EST
  

• NYT slams Thad Cochran over Credit Card vote block

  —Yall Politics

  NYT slams Thad Cochran over Credi Card vote block Congress left consumers extremely vulnerable when it gave the credit card industry as long as 15 months to end the deceptive predatory practices outlawed in the spring in the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act. The credit card industry, which clearly [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:07pm EST
  

• BARBOUR wants Kay B. Hutchison to stay in D.C.

  —Yall Politics

  BARBOUR wants Kay B. Hutchison to stay in D.C. CEDAR CREEK, Tex. -- Given that this year's Republican Governors Association meeting is taking place here in Texas, reporters today asked RGA Chairman Haley Barbour, the governor of Mississippi, to weigh in on the Rick Perry-vs.-Kay Bailey Hutchison GOP primary for Texas [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:01pm EST
  

• NYT - A Tilt Away From Social Issues - GOP govs. are optimistic

  —Yall Politics

  NYT - A Tilt Away From Social Issues - GOP govs. are optimistic After two bleak years, Republican governors gathered here on Thursday to assess their political future — and they liked what they saw. With 37 governors’ seats open in 2010, the party is looking to topple some big-name Democrats. What [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:00pm EST
  

• UPI - Barbour: GOP govs leading party back

  —Yall Politics

  UPI - Barbour: GOP govs leading party back AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi says his fellow governors are "leading the comeback" of the Republican Party. Barbour spoke at a news conference Wednesday as the Republican Governors Association began a conference in Austin, Texas, The Washington Post [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:58pm EST
  

• Republican Governors Warn on Costs to States

  —Yall Politics

  Republican Governors Warn on Costs to States There is one group of elected officials who are decidedly unhappy with the health care proposal unveiled by the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada — Republican governors. The governors, assembled here for a meeting of the Republican Governors Association, denounced the bill on [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:56pm EST
  

• Harper aide says Democratic policies hurtful to U.S. families

  —Yall Politics

  Harper aide says Democratic policies hurtful to U.S. families Evan Gardner, a field representative for 3rd Congressional District Rep. Gregg Harper, R-Pearl, conveyed the congressman's views on health care legislation, cap and trade legislation and President Barack Obama's deficit spending Wednesday morning to a small crowd at the Brookhaven-Lincoln County Chamber [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:53pm EST
  

• Yes, Colleges in Mississippi Have Merged/ Closed In The Past

  —Majority In Mississippi

  I thought this list was pretty interesting. It notes closings and mergers of Mississippi colleges and universities through the years. I guess what separates most of these schools with those being proposed for mergers today is that they were private schools- relying on tuition and donations to operate. Posted in Mississippi [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:51pm EST
  by Brett

• Ole Miss student interviews Luckett, Mayo and Ole Miss prof. Cy Rosenblatt about Luckett’s chances

  —Yall Politics

  Ole Miss student interviews Luckett, Mayo and Ole Miss prof. Cy Rosenblatt about Luckett's chances http://www.jour480.wordpress.com 11/20/9 [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:48pm EST
  

• PERRY - Grisham’s latest is nice if you’re sick of the non-fiction Grisham that’s unfolded here

  —Yall Politics

  PERRY - Grisham's latest is nice if you're sick of the non-fiction Grisham that's unfolded here The FBI raids the office of a billionaire trial lawyer who brought down Big Tobacco after flipping a cohort in a judicial bribery scheme. His own defense lawyer turns against him when a former district' [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:39pm EST
  

• MINOR - Barbour headed down a dead-end with university consolidation

  —Yall Politics

  MINOR - Barbour headed down a dead-end with university consolidation As Haley Barbour tries to consolidate the state’s eight universities into five, he’s headed down a dead-end road. For starters, a governor or Legislature tampering with the eight established institutions of high learning – three of them traditionally black and five predominantly [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:35pm EST
  

• Travis Childers in a commercial as a Dem. who voted no

  —Yall Politics

  Travis Childers in a commercial as a Dem. who voted no Showing new signs of life after the embarrassing debacle in New York's 23rd Congressional District, U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions and the National Republican Congressional Committee are already pounding some senior Democrats whose vote in favor of Nancy Pelosi's healthcare package [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:32pm EST
  

• Luckett fumbles on unemployment

  —Right of Mississippi

  Bill Luckett’s campaign for governor continues bush-league mistakes. In an interview with Ole Miss student journalists he rightfully says, “Right now the biggest problem seems to be jobs.” Before you can tackle a problem, you have to have a realistic idea of that problem and Luckett’s campaign is never going to [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:33am EST
  by rightofmississippi

• Mississippi Valley Title in scrum against Evans, bankruptcy trustee, & banks

  —Jackson Jambalaya

  Synopsis of Evans case: Charles Evans, Jr. was an attorney approved by Mississippi Valley Title Insurance Company to provide title certificates to MVT and lenders showing a borrower had clear title to property. MVT filed a lawsuit in September accusing his brother of using over 30 LLC's to obtain fraudulent [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:32am EST
  

• Friday Rambling’s with Robert

  —Majority In Mississippi

  At What Cost The university merger proposal drafted by Governor Haley Barbour has sure upset several groups who claim to have a stake in the issue.  This is great that these people want to be involved now, but where have they been the last several years while the state has continually [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:34am EST
  by Robert

• Jim Rogers on dollar collapse

  —Jackson Jambalaya

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:09am EST
  

• Latest crime stats

  —Jackson Jambalaya

  Jackson crime statistics for November 9-15, 2009. [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:00pm EST
  

• MSGOP Chairman Brad White Responds to Jamie Frank’s Comments on Budget

  —Yall Politics

  Jackson, Miss. – Republican Party Chairman Brad White issued the following statement today on the remarks made by Democratic Party Chairman Jamie Franks regarding Governor Haley Barbour’s budget recommendations: “Jamie Franks shows us the difference between big government, big spending Democrats and the prudent reforms presented by Governor Haley Barbour.” [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:38pm EST
  

• MSGOP: "Mr. Franks presents no ideas, no vision, and no solution to Mississippi’s budget challenges"

  —Respond Mississippi

  Number of comments: 0
  Mississippi Republican Party Chairman Brad White put the smackdown on Jamie Franks. As we mentioned yesterday, the Mississippi Democratic Party's reaction to Governor Haley Barbour's budget proposal was essentially: "No". Rather than suggest ideas, they only attacked.
  
  GOP Chairman Brad White responded (ht Y'all):“Jamie Franks shows us' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:09pm EST
  by IamTHEresponder

• Community colleges booming in Mississippi

  —Yall Politics

  Community colleges booming in Mississippi CLARKSDALE – “Community colleges are booming and busting at the seams; we are not only key to progress of Mississippi but the survival of Mississippi,” Dr. Eric Clark told educators and officials here Wednesday. Speaking at a legislative luncheon hosted by Coahoma and Mississippi Delta Community Colleges, [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:01pm EST
  

• MS Dems respond to Governor Barbour’s ideas

  —Yall Politics

  Chairman Franks responds to Gov. Barbour's budget JACKSON - Chairman Jamie Franks released the following statements regarding Gov. Haley Barbour’s budget recommendations. ECONOMIC CONDITIONS “The governor has touted his ability to bring new jobs to Mississippi, but under his administration Mississippi is facing the worst economic downturn most of us have seen.” “Instead [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:01pm EST
  

• More cuts proposed for Mississippi’s 2-year colleges

  —Yall Politics

  More cuts proposed for Mississippi's 2-year colleges It looks like our state's two-year colleges aren't beyond the reach of Governor Haley Barbour's budget axe. Mississippi's community college system has already had to trim 5 percent in the middle of the current budget year, and Hinds Community College President Dr. Clyde Muse says' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:58pm EST
  

• AP - Miss. Governor’s Mansion gets nearly $50K touchup

  —Yall Politics

  AP - Miss. Governor's Mansion gets nearly $50K touchup NASCAR fans are helping the Mississippi Governor's Mansion get a small facelift. The state is spending $49,675 for a private contracting crew to repaint the four front columns and to do other maintenance work on the porch. That's almost as much as the [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:57pm EST
  

• WLOX - ‘It’s going to affect everybody personally,’ warn lawmakers about future budget cuts

  —Yall Politics

  WLOX - 'It's going to affect everybody personally,' warn lawmakers about future budget cuts LONG BEACH, MS (WLOX) – "It is a grim reality. And the face of government, the shape of government I believe, is going to have to change if we're going to survive," said Sen. Billy Hewes. Senator Hewes' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:55pm EST
  

• Jackson N.O.W.: Merger Proposals Racist, Sexist

  —Majority In Mississippi

  Number of comments: 2
  Did you expect anything less? “University consolidation should instead be handled in a manner that respects the history and contributions of women and all people of color,” says Jackson Area NOW President Stacey Aldridge. “Acknowledging the identity and distinctiveness of every institution in our state on equal terms.” The organization says [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:43pm EST
  by Brett

• Fun with Idiotic, Moronic, Stupid People

  —Liberal Smash

  Number of comments: 4
  Well, it is official, the Lexington Herald Leader is not an objective newspaper. Seriously, when I woke up from my drunken stupor this morning, I purchased a paper while injecting massive amounts of caffeine from Dunkin' Donuts. This article was on the front page of the "Local"' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 1:32pm EST
  by paul mitchell

• PUFFINGTON - Haley Barbour mention for 2012 GOP nod through enviro-lens

  —Yall Politics

  Will the GOP Nominate a Climate Change Denier in 2012? In the early stages of the race for the Republican Presidential nomination in 2012, eight names are mentioned most frequently: Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Newt Gingrich, Haley Barbour, Bobby Jindal and Dick Cheney. Of these eight early contenders, [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 1:08pm EST
  

• Mississippi Valley Title: 65 claims for $41, 415, 242 have been filed by lenders in Evans case

  —Jackson Jambalaya

  See sidebar on right side of page for a collection of all posts on Evans case
  
  Copy of affidavit
  Exhibit A: Itemized list of loans issued to Evans brothers filed by MVT
  Exhibit D: copy of title certificate issued to MVT
  Exhibit E: Copy of [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:14am EST
  

• Did You Know The Movie ‘The Blind Side’ Was Racist?

  —Majority In Mississippi

  Number of comments: 4
  A wealthy family from the Memphis suburbs takes in a kid with no education who they find wandering the streets and eventually become his family. Great story right? Well, if that happens to be a white, Christian family who takes in a young black man then you have the makings [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:52am EST
  by Brett

• Santelli: "CPI is for champagne economists"

  —Jackson Jambalaya

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:10am EST
  

• RGA meet in Austin

  —Yall Politics

  RGA meet in Austin n a conference call yesterday previewing this week's two-day Republican Governors Association meeting in Austin, RGA Chairman Haley Barbour (also the governor of Mississippi) said the purpose of the meeting was "to celebrate and build on the successes in New Jersey and Virginia this month," but more [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:50pm EST
  

• Maj. in Miss. - The Interesting Lack of Response From Democrats

  —Yall Politics

  Maj. in Miss. - The Interesting Lack of Response From Democrats Most of the Clarion-Ledger’s stories regarding Haley Barbour FY 2011 budget outline have focused on reactions from people who stand to have an alma mater affected by mergers, and there reactions are predictable (and understandable). Most Americans suffer from NIMBY [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:48pm EST
  

• MID Stresses Reviewing Coverage During 2009 Medicare Open Enrollment

  —Yall Politics

  MID Stresses Reviewing Coverage During 2009 Medicare Open Enrollment Jackson - The Social Security Administration has announced those receiving Social Security benefits will not be getting cost-of-living-adjustments in the coming year. Commissioner of Insurance Mike Chaney announced today that Mississippi senior citizens and Medicare recipients should be aware of the coverage in their policies during [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:46pm EST
  

• Don't let the door hit ya on the way out.

  —Jackson Jambalaya

  This fine lad managed to earn himself a suspension from his fraternity at Ole Miss. [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:00pm EST
  

• Hallmark Cleaners on Fortification robbed

  —Jackson Jambalaya

  Hallmark Cleaners was robbed this morning. A punk walked in this morning before the security guard was on duty and robbed the dry cleaner's by showing a knife. No one was injured in the robbery. [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 6:34pm EST
  

• Advance Mississippi Releases Issue Brief on Nuclear Energy

  —Yall Politics

  Advance Mississippi Releases Issue Brief on Nuclear Energy JACKSON – Today, Advance Mississippi released its latest issue brief, which provides an in-depth look at nuclear energy. The brief, entitled “Nuclear Energy: An Overview,” reports on the current state of nuclear energy and discussed the economic and environmental benefits of the power [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 3:26pm EST
  

• CL - 79 of 82 counties declared disaster

  —Yall Politics

  79 of 82 counties declared disaster The Department of Agriculture designated 79 of the state's 82 counties natural disaster areas, opening the doors for farmers to apply for federal assistance programs. Farmers in three other counties - Kemper, Neshoba and Newton - also will be able to apply for assistance because [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 2:12pm EST
  

• DISPATCH - MUW merger plan: State wouldn’t see savings until 2012

  —Yall Politics

  DISPATCH - MUW merger plan: State wouldn’t see savings until 2012 Merging Mississippi University for Women with Mississippi State University in 2011 will save $35 million ... in 2012. As expected, Gov. Haley Barbour recommended in his Monday budget proposal the two state universities be merged to save on administrative costs. He also [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 2:10pm EST
  

• SALTER - Barbour’s budget plan tosses gauntlet to the Legislature

  —Yall Politics

  SALTER - Barbour's budget plan tosses gauntlet to the Legislature Gov. Haley Barbour's Fiscal Year 2011 Executive Budget Recommendation contains something for almost every lobbyist, special interest group, educational institution, state agency head and state employee to dislike. The Barbour budget plan cuts public education at virtually every level, cuts Medicaid, cuts [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 2:08pm EST
  

• WLBT - Does illegal immigration drain the state’s budget?

  —Yall Politics

  WLBT - Does illegal immigration drain the state's budget? It was the nation's largest single site raid on undocumented workers. And when nearly 600 workers were rounded up at Howard Industries in Laurel, it was clear that illegal immigration is no longer just an issue for border states. "Really, we're people looking for'" [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 2:05pm EST
  

• Barbour’s university merger proposals could falter

  —Yall Politics

  Barbour's university merger proposals could falter Some Mississippi House members say Republican Gov. Haley Barbour's most politically sensitive budget proposals are likely to be dead on arrival - including a recommendation to merge eight universities into five. Rep. Cecil Brown of Jackson, a Democrat on the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, said Tuesday [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 2:03pm EST
  

• Thompson briefed on Fort Hood shooting

  —Yall Politics

  Thompson briefed on Fort Hood shooting Government officials on Tuesday briefed key lawmakers on the deadly shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, and are slated to provide more updates on Wednesday. The closed-door briefings provided by Army and FBI officials on Tuesday did little to quell a widening partisan chasm over Congress’s role [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 1:50pm EST
  

• JERENASH - If Childers and Pelosi are linked, then so are Nunnelee and Barbour

  —Yall Politics

  JERENASH - If Childers and Pelosi are linked, then so are Nunnelee and Barbour One of Sen. Alan Nunnelee's favorite tactics in his campaign against Cong. Travis Childers is to link Childers with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Regardless of how Childers votes on cap & trade or health care, [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 1:45pm EST
  

• Commies Find a Home in the Democratic Party

  —Free Citizen

  A post at Ballot Access News notes the possibility that consumer advocate Ralph Nader will run in 2010 for the U. S. Senate seat now held by Chris Dodd of Connecticut. There are some interesting comments on this post, one of which really caught my attention. It's from an [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 12:58pm EST
  by Steve Rankin

• Evans and Mississippi Valley Title slugfest continues in Madison

  —Jackson Jambalaya

  See sidebar on right side of page for collection of all posts about the Evans case.
  
  Copy of amended complaint
  Copy of answer
  Motion to dismiss
  
  The Evans slugfest continues in the Madison County Chancery Court. Mississippi Valley Title Insurance. MVT filed an amended [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 12:18pm EST
  

• Stop Quoting Bill Jones Like He Is Some Independent Source

  —Majority In Mississippi

  Various news sources have quoted Bill Jones, the Chairman of the State Board of Education, as he attempts to fire up opposition to school mergers. After all it would make sense to quote someone in that position, right? Well, I guess so. Here is what he told WDAM out of [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 10:42am EST
  by Brett