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		<title>Teachers didn&#8217;t cause pension crisis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Daily Local News, September 03, 2010 Your paper featured a front-page story entitled, &#8220;Retirement System&#8217;s Cost to Rise Dramatically Soon&#8221; (Aug. 31). When I was out this afternoon, a friend who had just read the story said to me, &#8220;You teachers never stop. What more do you want from us?&#8221; I explained the events leading [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chescodems.org/?p=1571</link>
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		<title>GOP Commissioners still under fire over Lower Oxford poll settlement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Mike McGann, Staff Writer, Chester County Press, 9/3/10 The furor over Chester County&#8217;s settlement of a federal lawsuit over the movement of the Lower Oxford East polling place &#8211; after moving the polling place away from Lincoln University led to waits as long as eight hours during the 2008 election &#8211; isn&#8217;t going away, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chescodems.org/?p=1568</link>
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		<title>FACT CHECK: Two fibs that GOPers just can’t stop telling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At PA2010.com, 9/2/10 The claims are made so often, and so casually, that they’ve seemingly become part of Republican political DNA this year: the economic stimulus package didn’t create jobs, and taxes have gone up under Democrats. In recent months, one or both claims have been made by, among other Pennsylvania candidates or their respective [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chescodems.org/?p=1562</link>
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		<title>Iraq</title>
		<description><![CDATA[email from president Obama, 8/31/10: Tonight marks the end of the American combat mission in Iraq. As a candidate for this office, I pledged to end this war responsibly. And, as President, that is what I am doing. Since I became Commander-in-Chief, we&#8217;ve brought home nearly 100,000 U.S. troops. We&#8217;ve closed or turned over to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chescodems.org/?p=1558</link>
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		<title>Response raises more questions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[letter, Daily Local News, August 30, 2010 [N.b., the answer to "How much the county (taxpayers) paid the Lamb McErlane law firm to defend it, including for the plaintiffs' legal expenses" is now known: the bill was $71,544 to Lamb McErlane plus $60,000 to plaintiff's attorneys; however, the County pays "only" $50,000 after insurance. These [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chescodems.org/?p=1553</link>
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		<title>Who pays the price?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chester County Press, 8/28/10, p. 5A Reprehensible. Stupid. Horribly wasteful. These are just a few of the things that people are saying in the aftermath of a settlement by Chester County that returns the Lower Oxford East polling place to Lincoln University. Reprehensible because moving the polling place prior to the 2008 election was little [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chescodems.org/?p=1551</link>
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		<title>A Truly Grateful Nation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[email from Vice President Biden, 8/28/10: This Tuesday, after more than seven years of war, President Obama will end the United States&#8217; combat mission in Iraq. While the war in Iraq has at times been a divisive issue for Americans, one common belief has always remained: Our nation has a sacred obligation to our troops [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chescodems.org/?p=1549</link>
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		<title>Chesco GOP repudiated</title>
		<description><![CDATA[from Chester County Press, 8/19/10: By Uncle Irvin The announcement yesterday that the Civil Rights voting suit has been settled represents a significant rebuke of the leadership of Republican Commissioners Terence Farrell and Carol Aichele. It was those two, not Democrat Commissioner Kathy Cozzone, who voted not to change the Lower Oxford East polling place [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chescodems.org/?p=1544</link>
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		<title>County Settles Lower Oxford Voting Suit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Mike McGann, Chester County Press, 8/19/10: Chester County has settled a federal lawsuit brought by five Lincoln University students alleging that the county had violated The Voting Rights Act of 1965, intentionally making it hard for African-American students to vote in 2008 by moving their polling place off campus — resulting in waits of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chescodems.org/?p=1538</link>
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		<title>5 Not 3 in Kennett Township</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chester County Press, 8/26/10 By Uncle Irvin In 2010, with over 7,000 residents, Kennett Township needs, and its citizens deserve, 5 supervisors instead of 3. The proposal on the November ballot should be embraced by every citizen because it represents progress&#8230;. keep reading at Chester County Press]]></description>
		<link>http://chescodems.org/?p=1535</link>
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