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Local Republicans teamed up with Democrats to tax and spend
City Council does have Republican members, believe it or not. They even constitute a majority. Wednesday, when the council voted to double the local gas tax, it was hard to believe. If the vote had been split on party lines the tax increase would have been defeated. Republicans Danny Becton, LeAnna Cumber, Randy DeFoor, Rory…
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Rebel Yell: In Praise of Confederate School Names
Guest writer, Marcos Protheroe, is a teacher and a graduate of Robert E. Lee High School. We appreciate his thoughtful and well researched article on the truth behind Confederate symbols. ***** The fuss over Confederate symbols should have ended in 1995. That year, drag queen RuPaul sported a full-length, sequined, rebel flag dress on movie…