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Opinion June 5, 2008  RSS feed


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Do you support the proposed Master Plan for Pensacola Beach
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I'll have my people text your people
      The other night, my daughter mentioned that she and her boyfriend were having a misunderstanding. Trying to be the ever-helpful dad, I asked, "Have y'all talked it out?" "Well," she replied, "I texted him, and he texted me back. Then I texted him, and he texted me back again. Everything's cool.
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On the Spot:
WHERE WE PUT PEOPLE "ON THE SPOT" TO ANSWER A QUESTION "ON THE SPOT."
      Does it bother you that Publix was granted a variance by the city to operate a liquor store within 2,500 feet of a church or school?
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OMG, texting stymies kids' thinking
      Somewhere out there is the mind that will produce the next great American novel. If, however, that would-be author is under the age of 18, the words he or she writes might be more of "SOZ" and "TGGTG" than beautiful, flowing prose.
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LETTERS
      Here's a way to cut gas usage 20 percent While I was biking into work the other day, I was planning to write you a letter about my plan to save the world. Now that I've read your May 29 editorial ('Thank you, oil, may I have another?'), I want to give you a good kick in the pants.
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