Beware of 'great deals' and false promises
Editor's notes Evan Carden
      If you let me take just a moment of your time, I've got a great deal for you! Sounds familiar, doesn't it? The barrage of television commercials offering all types of products from skin care to magic towels that soak up gallons of water at at time, is almost unfathomable these days. If you want ...
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If you don't build it they will leave
Letters to the Editor
      Dear Editor, As the saying goes, "If you build it, they will come." Unfortunately, for Clarke County, especially Jackson, the saying is "If you don't build it, they will leave.
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Colombia Free Trade Agreement shut down
Report From Congress Jo Jo Bonner
      At a time when our national economy is struggling with skyrocketing gas prices and a slowing job market, the House Democratic majority chose to indefinitely delay the Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA), a bill that would make it easier for American businesses and workers to compete globally.
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Legislature has opportunity to right two tax wrongs
Alabama Viewpoint Bob Martin
      Gov. Bob Riley's proposal to change the severance tax on oil and gas would end another scheme by ExxonMobil to cheat the taxpayers of Alabama. Under the law, the oil and gas severance tax is a levy on the value of oil or gas at the point of production.
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Thanks for the prayers, gifts and warm wishes
Letters to the Editor
      Dear Editor, I would like to take a moment to thank all those who turned out for the recent reception in my honor upon my retirement as director of the Jackson Nutrition Center.
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