Holidays are a time for family
Thanksgiving is a special time to share a meal in the company of family and friends. Unfortunately, for many people, spending time with family during the holidays is not always possible due to distance, finances or work schedules. No one knows this better than Marta Valle, who for the past eight years has been organizing a charity dinner at St. Catherine's Catholic Parish Center on the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving. She and a group of volunteers serve those who are away from their families, especially the day workers in our community.
Study all options to address city police service shortage levels
1. Every police service option considered has a hefty political price
Bathrooms, mislabeling are head scratchers
Here's a collection of items that had me scratching my head lately:
Paying repsect to our veterans with Marines’ Hymn
Veterans Day is Nov. 11. However, on Nov. 10, the United States Marine Corps celebrated its 232nd birthday, and since I served as a Marine machine gunner in the Korean War, and became a Marine Corps staff sergeant, and later authored the book, "We Claim the Title, Korean War Marines," please let me present my research from the Internet regarding praising the services.Â
Worth taking a longer look at moving to vote-by-mail exclusively
1. Trend is growing quickly - nearly half of registered voters use mail
Take a broad perspective when courting the Latino vote
"Today we march tomorrow we vote," read many signs during the nationwide pro-immigration marches of 2006, and during the midterm elections in November, Democrats regained control of both the Senate and House of Representatives. But it is hard to quantify how big of an impact the Latino vote had on the elections given that most exit polls indicated that the war in Iraq was a higher priority than immigration.
