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Vouchers, Separation of Church and State, and Art Williams     By Theresa Fritz Camoriano     

1. The recent Supreme Court Decision on school choice is a great step in the right direction for our nation’s children.  Finally, parents will have the ability to spend their tax money to obtain the type of education they really want for their children.  This will introduce competition into the market, which will benefit all children, including those who remain in the government schools. 

A New American Pledge     (In light of the recent federal court decision making it illegal to say the traditional pledge of allegiance in government schools, and in light of the fact that we would rather pledge allegiance to important principles than just to a piece of cloth, we propose the following replacement for the traditional pledge of allegiance.)

Happy Birthday America     By Claude Bohn     This Thursday, July 4^th, 2002, Americans will celebrate the 226^th birthday of the united States of America [Note: The “u” in united is intentionally – and properly - not capitalized. I have also intentionally used the Times New Roman font, for reasons that should be obvious.]

Judge Jackson and Fiscal Court Choose To Be Deaf, Again!     By John Riley, Member of Stop the VET     Jefferson County Judge/Executive Rebecca Jackson and Fiscal Court Commissioners again turned a deaf ear to the citizens of Jefferson County.  On Tuesday, June 25th, several members of Stop The VET ... 

Burn, baby, burn!     by Henry Lamb     Yellowstone got our attention when it went up in smoke more than a decade ago. Each year, the fires seem to get worse.

What Would You Do If It Were Illegal To Wear Seatbelts?     By Theresa Fritz Camoriano      When I told Jefferson Review readers about my traffic accident, in which I was stopped at a red light and was hit from behind, I was surprised at the people who wrote to tell me that I should be glad there was a law requiring the use of seatbelts.  They assumed that, if I were not required by law to wear a seatbelt, I probably would not have been wearing one and might have been injured.

LAST BREATH TAX     By Woody Oakes     Much has been said about “Estate Taxes,” more accurately referred to as “Death Taxes”... 

SOUND FAIR TO YOU?     By Pat Oakes     Churchill Downs is not going to pay property taxes of $250,000 per year for 30 years, saving them $7.5 million, thus burdening the rest of the state with this shortfall.

WHICH SMALL GROUP?     County Judge-Executive Rebecca Jackson is quoted in the Courier-Journal (6-26) as indicating she will not allow a small group to dictate her behavior, concerning the needed firing of Art Williams of the VET. 

A Country Worth Dying For     Seth Weathers     Imagine the quiet hush that fell over the room as each of the fifty-six men walked forward and signed their names on that great document, the symbol of American freedom, the Declaration of Independence. 

Report: Cigarette Taxes Will Fail To Solve Budget Crisis; Tax Increase Will Destroy More Than 3,000 Pennsylvania Jobs     HARRISBURG, PA - As part of a package of tax increases that would likely be the single largest net tax increase enacted under a solidly Republican-controlled state government in Pennsylvania history, a new report from The Commonwealth Foundation says the increase in cigarette taxes will fail to solve the state's long-term fiscal crisis and will destroy more than 3,000 Pennsylvania jobs.

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