Move New Orleans to Vista Farms
Letter to the editor
      Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu (D) is presently asking the Congress for $250 billion to rebuild New Orleans, a city below sea level that will soon be flooded again.
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Newspapers are hopelessly under informed
Letters to the editor
      This letter has to do with the Commission appointed by Columbia City Council to study the structure of city government. Two important newspapers in Columbia recently misrepresented this effort as having been futile and a waste of $40,000.
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What if SHE were elected?
By Carole Crolley crolleyc@bellsouth.net
      I do not understand the concept of a caucus. It feels very much like, after several months of listening intently to a host of candidates, I do not really have a voice in choosing the candidates who actually run for the presidency. I am obsessed with this election for one reason - a qualified woma...
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Correction
      In the January 4, 2008, issue of The Columbia Star, Christie Benet's birthdate was incorrectly stated. Christie Benet lived from 1859- 1951.
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Thirty-something speaks
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Mike Maddock
      For the next few weeks, the people of Columbia will witness a parade of elephants and performing donkeys because the circus is coming to town. During this time, Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey will also be here. It's ironic the traveling political circus arrives in our state for the S.C. ...
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It's not a criticism, it's an observation.
Old rich men start wars, and poor young ones fight them
Mike Cox
      His given name was Alan, but everybody called him Yank. We ran in the same circles; mostly in a ragged old jeep he drove. While many of us were scrambling to get into college or the National Guard after high school, a few enlisted. Yank joined the Marines. The night before he left for boot camp, w...
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Read the label, Grandpa
      Somebody calls the police saying a young girl on Thames Drive shoved an old man off the front porch and into the snow. By the time deputies arrive the situation has changed somewhat. The young girl, Valerie, 15, did shove Howard, 74, off the front porch. But there's a reason. Let's back up a bit.
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Nuf Sed
     These plants have been waiting patiently for days at Dreher High School to be put in the holes. Will they or will they not be planted? Read The Columbia Star next week to find out.
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