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Letter: A strategy to keep prices down

Are you frustrated at $4 a gallon gasoline? Try this. As you drive around the next week, determine which brand raises their prices first. When you have figured that out, do not buy gas from them.

Feb. 21, 2012

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Letter: Council backs down on its word

Does it come as a big surprise to anyone that the City Council is backing down on its word about the oversight committee for spending allocations from Measure J? I am not in the least bit shocked at their actions.

Feb. 21, 2012

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Letter: Will the rewrite sit on the shelf?

Saturday's Desert Sun said, “The California Department of Transportation said it will install digital traffic signs across the desert and rewrite its emergency response plans to avoid a repeat.”

Feb. 21, 2012

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Letters: Bonds will eat up much of the tax revenue

What is all this fuss about the Palm Springs City Council appointing a Measure J Citizen's Oversight Commission? Assuming Measure J produces an expected $8 million a year, how much would be needed to service the proposed $47 million of bonds, at an estimated interest rate of 4 percent, amortizing over 23 years? How much would then be available to go into the general fund for an oversight commission to “sight-over?”

Feb. 21, 2012

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Letters: California locks up too many people

The Desert Sun's dedication of its Opinion page on Sunday to prison realignment and reform came on the same day that the Desert Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union held a forum on the same subject. It offered a timely overview of the issue and sensible reforms to reduce both the human and fiscal costs of incarcerating so many Californians.

Feb. 21, 2012

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Letters: Santorum spouts GOP venom

Presidential candidate Rick Santorum, the current “flavor of the month” with Republican primary voters, made our front page news: “Santorum airs views during his valley visit.”

Feb. 19, 2012

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Letters: Hot the administration spins

In the land of Utopian make believe, there are two men. Both are working, thus there is no unemployment.

Feb. 19, 2012

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Letters: Put breaks in the medians

Traffic backups have been happening a long time on Interstate 10 without anyone doing anything. As a retired police officer from back east, I suggest two possible remedies.

Feb. 19, 2012

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Master trail builders Doug Wester (left) and Mike Schuler at the dedication of the Hopalong Cassidy Trail in Palm Desert in 2004. Schuler died in early February 2012. Courtesy photo

Letter of the week: Desert Riders salute the late Mike Schuler

Last week, we awoke to a cloudy desert day not knowing that a dear friend of all trail users had passed away. Mike Schuler is the unsung hero of horsemen and hikers. Mike was a master trail builder and has built and maintained many of the trails in the San Jacinto and Santa Rosa Mountains.

Feb. 17, 2012

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Letter: Investors get taxed several times

Re: “The rich do not pay their fair share,” Sandra J. Skaggs, Feb. 12.

Feb. 17, 2012

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Letter: Liberals just don't get their facts right

On Feb. 17, Bruce Legawiec, CPA, attacked Bush's tax policies on “interest/dividends” being less than “regular income.” I would have thought that a CPA would know that the money to buy those items generating the interest/dividends has already been taxed plus FICA/Medicare deducted. Speaking of unfair, why does the federal government treat unemployment benefits as “regular income” and tax them?

Feb. 17, 2012

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Letter: Check the facts before you start a revolution

Re: “Dominant institutions crowd out alternatives,” Bob Hackett, Feb. 16.

Feb. 17, 2012

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Letter: Many just a paycheck away from homelessness

Re: “Don't let the dream die,” Desert Sun editorial, Feb. 12.

Feb. 17, 2012

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Letter: KESQ, KPSP sharing logos is unprofessional

Re: “KESQ buys KPSP from Jim Houston,” Mike Perrault, Feb. 1.

Feb. 17, 2012

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Letter: Competition helps business in television market

As a former broadcaster and owner, I always believed competition was good for the marketplace. It made for better news reporting or selling advertising to businesses.

Feb. 17, 2012

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Letter: Most neighbors support Rosewood hotel

Re: The Rosewood hotel.

Feb. 17, 2012

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Letter: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie lacks courage

Re: “N.J. legislators approve gay marriage; Christie vows veto,” The Associated Press, Feb. 17.

Feb. 17, 2012

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Letter: Driving distractions are nothing new

Re: “Curb gadgets on dashboards,” the Associated Press, Feb. 17.

Feb. 17, 2012

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Letter: Military jet noise complainants aren't unpatriotic

What's troubling about all the letters about the military jet noise is not the noise issue but the banter about whether its right or wrong to complain about it.

Feb. 17, 2012

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Letter: Bad time to give away money for JW Marriott water park

It's odd that the Palm Desert City Council voted recently to give $1 million to the Marriott Corp. to build an exclusive water park for “their” guests and this week the council is told there is a $1.2 million shortfall due to the city losing their Redevelopment Agency funding. The RDA's demise was already in the works when the Marriott request was voted on.

Feb. 17, 2012

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Letter: Will renewable energy cost more?

While we stare at thousands of windmills, the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is refusing to tell us how much our electric bills will go up to pay for all the renewable energy mandated by the state.

Feb. 17, 2012

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Letter: Bush gave the rich a big break

With all the talk about the 15 percent tax on capital gains and dividends and who pays their fair share of tax, I thought some facts might help people make their own assessments.

Feb. 17, 2012

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Letter: System is unfair to sitting judges

Your article on union efforts to defeat Judge Craig Riemer demonstrates the problem with judicial elections: They inject money and politics where it doesn't belong.

Feb. 17, 2012

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Letters: Dominant institutions crowd out alternatives

Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury comic has been brilliantly satirizing “facts” manufactured to conveniently justify preconceived ideas that are absurdly at odds with reality. In “Empire of Illusion,” author Chris Hedges takes the argument further.

Feb. 16, 2012

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Letters: The problem-solver our country needs

As the November election looms on the horizon, surely most voters will acknowledge our country faces numerous problems right now. Mitt Romney is a problem-solver. He was sent to Salt Lake City to solve the Olympics' problems some years ago; likewise his leadership at Bain Capital solved theirs — just two examples of his skill. Our country has never needed a problem-solver like it needs one now.

Feb. 15, 2012

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Letters: The city benefits from its investment

Re: “Why pay a private agency to run their events?” Linda Gunnett, Jan. 18.

Feb. 15, 2012

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Letter: Someone should be fired

On Sunday, our granddaughter who lives in Redlands came to have lunch and visit with us in Palm Desert.

Feb. 15, 2012

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Letter: Thanks for exposing the GOP

I want to thank you profusely for the ongoing coverage of the various Republican candidates for president. Monday's article describing Rick Santorum's latest pronouncements regarding his particular positions was incredibly valuable.

Feb. 15, 2012

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Letter: We need daily train service

Aside from the obvious blame that is due to Caltrans for the recent pothole freeway jam disaster, we have to take a look at blaming ourselves, too.

Feb. 15, 2012

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Letter: Warnings were needed

Caltrans should be ashamed of themselves for doing freeway repair and closing down three of the four lanes on Interstate 10 on a Sunday. It took me four hours to travel 15 miles.