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Aside from obituaries, our letters to the editor are the most popular feature in the Observer-Reporter. That may surprise some readers, because response to letters in the newspaper is infrequent and often delayed. But response to letters is fast and furious online. Comments on letters, almost all of them anonymous, begin appearing on Observer-Reporter.com as soon as they are posted in the wee hours of the morning.
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Why have G-20 in Pittsburgh?
According to your article on June 29 about Pittsburgh hosting the upcoming G-20 meeting this fall, the city will need to quadruple its 877-member police force to 4,000 officers. Additionally, plans are being laid to utilize the National Guard and other "combat" forces. Chief Nate Harper purports this action necessary due to anticipated protestation.
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  • Proper disposal is costly
  • Your stand on betting is wrong
  • Raise Pa. sales tax instead
  • Science and God are not exclusive
  • The board ignored the public
  • Tax dollars mindlessly consumed
  • Don't cut libraries; build them
  • Legalese is hard to decipher
  • Long delay
  • Industry
  • Hamas doesn't want peace with Israel
  • Curfews should be enforced
  • We'd better listen to Bernanke
  • Greene can help keep park open
  • Don't send them to Wash High
  • Please tax us; just don't cut
  • Gay rights OK; Bible is banned
  • Wal-Mart was never mentioned
  • Language: a matter of respect

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