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Our Views: The job before us
How we decide to fill one position may determine if many others will find one
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It’s fitting this year that Labor Day falls between the two national political conventions. In no election in recent memory has the issue of jobs been bigger than in this fall’s vote. It was four years ago that the great recession hit weeks before Election Day, and may have helped propel Barack Obama to victory.
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Editorial: Why should we vote? Consider the alternatives
There are plenty of reasons to skip local election, but only if we dont care what chosen leaders do
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There’s an election this Tuesday, if you weren’t aware. Your local media outlets have done their part to beat the drum and stir up interest, and certainly the candidates want you tuned in as well. Yet it is admittedly hard to get folks jazzed up over an off-year election for city council and school board races and a tax referendum.
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