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Another look at the contenders
Dave McNeely
      The Texas political lament has been that all presidential candidates come here for is money. That's because the speculation has been that the presidential nominees for both parties will already be locked up before the March 4 Texas primaries.
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Predictions for Port Aransas in 2008
Mary Henkel Judson
      With the dawning of a new year, predictions and resolutions are the order of the day. Here are some predictions of what you're likely to see and read about - or not -- in the South Jetty during 2008. • Someone - probably more than one - will write a letter to the editor bemoaning that Port Aransas is no longer the sleepy little fishing village it once was.
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How to figure (by pollsters)
Steve Martaindale
      I have a problem with polls. I've always been troubled by political polls and it's just getting worse. It really struck me a couple of weeks ago in a wire story about the presidential race.
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Risible, irascible Rickles
Cactus Pryor
      Don Rickles was on a TV special not long ago. It was a tribute to this comedian who was born in New York City. If he had stayed there, they would have a much better sense of humor. Without a doubt, he is one of our assets. (He'd gig that statement.) No writers for this guy. It rolls forth from wherever laughter is born. He is a natural.
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Letters to the Editor
Teaching distrust
      The decision by the state Legislature to institute steroid testing at the high school level is questionable at best. What the Legislature hopes to achieve through testing, a steroid free high school, relies on the punishment mentality that seems prevalent in our society as a whole.
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