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Or a racist.

I've gotten into some heated arguments over prop 8 in the past couple of weeks. Most times I allow the opposing views to be said without interruption, but yesterday I was called a racist and a biggot for voting yes on prop 8. A comparison being made to the 1950's and segregation.

To the person who thinks that somehow they will get their viewpoint heard by calling others slanderous names or flying off the handle, I say take a minute to think before you open your yapp. The second you start spewing hate is the second I stopped listening to anything flying out of your mouth.

MILLIONS of Disenfranchised Voters Don't Count

 Speaking as one who generally becomes nauseous when hearing the oft repeated "Send Them A Message..." baloney, I now FEEL most strongly THE MESSAGE that the Big Money Political Machines have sent to the voters.

All of you who voted for and campaigned for Hillary can go to Hell.

Control Freaks United

Sure I agree that this IS America, The Land of the Free.  We all agree that everyone here should be able to do their own thing, as long as what they are doing isn't infringing on the same rights of others.

I believe in and try to practice allowing Free Speech in others.  I get upset with teenagers talking crudely on buses in front of women,  however.

IF..? You Are Opposed To Palmdale's Fireworks Sales...

You should go to the City of Palmdale's web site and read the long list of "Charities" that sell them and profit from burning small children and the destruction of homes and property and BOYCOTT them the rest of the year.

To: Mayor Rex Parris and all city council members of Lancaster.

I picked up my Sundays Valley Press and could not believe what I was reading. I may not have the complete details of your decision so that may be a problem with my thoughts.

However, I feel that every one in business should be able to make a living with the investment they have made. Making it in today's economy is getting harder and harder. So many businesses are failing and the only way to save so many of them is to be creative. This skating rink has served the city of Lancaster for years and many of kids have skated in that skating rink. However, times are changing and with the changing times, businesses must change to survive. To tell some one they cannot change their operation to stay a float in a changing time is total bull crap. This skating rink was built in a out of the way place and for you the city council to deny a place of business the right to have there business make a profit just isn't going to get it. It would be like you Mr. Mayor having the city council say you have to many clients so you cannot have any more. Alternatively, to tell Ron Smith that he can only print certain material at his place of business because he never printed this new stuff before so he can't do it now. Maybe Sherry's Church cannot expand any more because it is not fair to the other churches that cannot. Alternatively, how about Ken Mann's place of business, he cannot change what he is doing because the city council doesn't think it is good for the public? I believe the public will make that determination if the change is good for the public or not. If it is not good for the public, the public will not use the skating rink any more and it will close down. If the skating rink shuts down skating because they find out more money can be make renting the building out to wedding and parties, isn't that their right as a business owner. Have we become a land that will now tell each business owner what is good for their business? Have we gone that far? I believe you should all rethink what you are doing, you not only have to protect the business owner and their right to make a living but the tax base for your town. Losing businesses because of failures is not good for the cities economy. You must help the business owners stay in business not work to put them out of business.

For those who don't know, Police Chief D. Gates' Special Order 40 was implemented by the LA City Council to prevent LAPD from obtaining immigration status from detained suspects in 1969. Special Order 40 has become a problem and politicall liability in LA. Daryl Gates gives his opinion on why SO-40 is not relevant to today's problems and should be discontinued.

Daryl F. Gates, LAPD chief, 1978-1992
"Special Order 40 has been following me all these years. It was written at a different time in history, when the state attorney general said illegal entry was not our business, no one was paying attention to the influx of illegals into Southern California, and the community did not seem to be concerned. We had a lot of illegals here who had been victims of crimes, and we wanted to help them. So for one thing, it would help cooperation, and two, I didn't want my guys asking every brown-faced person if they were citizens. That was the purpose of Special Order 40. It was never ever designed to protect criminals. But today the issue is no Special Order 40; it's gangs. The city not doing enough, and it should use every tool available to us to combat gangs. If that means asking them if they're illegal and deporting them, so be it. This is not about Special Order 40, it's about using every legal tool to combat gangs. I don't see any reason for an amendment to the order, but I'm all for Dennis Zine doing something about it."