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Community prompt asks readers if border violence affects local safety and invites email responses. Readers can vote at oapa com sections poll and cast ballots by 9 a m Thursday.
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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 2010
Page
3
Community prompt asks readers if border violence affects local safety and invites email responses. Readers can vote at oapa com sections poll and cast ballots by 9 a m Thursday.
The piece argues for Border Patrol to send detained Mexican migrants from El Paso to Presidio to cross into Ojinaga, citing Juarez violence in the sister city of Juarez. It notes the deportees are voluntary returnees, often not criminals, and warns dispersion could avert violence and international incidents. The urge praises cautious, common sense federal practice.
A fragment listing contact details for U S Representative Mike Conaway and Senators John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison. Includes office addresses in Washington and Texas, phone numbers, and web contact forms.
The text proclaims liberty as a divine gift and self control as the path to human potential. It asserts freedom as a moral endowment aligned with religious and civic guides including the Coveting Commandment the Golden Rule and the Declaration of Independence.
A debate questions daily deportee transfers from El Paso to Presidio to curb Juarez violence. The issue centers on whether moving detainees by the Border Patrol reduces risk and improves safety, with officials weighing logistics and potential impacts.
Mike Avery of the West Texas Association of Health Underwriters argues that HR 3590 fails to address core cost drivers and imposes new taxes while promising reforms that won’t lower costs for uninsured or insured. He predicts reconciliation will dilute provisions like excise taxes, insurer and drug taxes, and Medicare cuts. Residents should contact Rep. Conaway to oppose HF 2590.
The United Nations designates March 22 as World Water Day to urge fair water distribution and improved sanitation amid vast global shortages. Bishop Michael Pfeifer of the Catholic Diocese of San Angelo appeals to West Texas readers to value water as a sacred gift, urging collective responsibility in preserving fresh water.
A local citizen in Odessa blasts unpaid taxes by elected or appointed officials in Ector County. The letter accuses officials of neglecting tax duties, urging voter action and criticizing city council vetting. Conrad Turner voices frustration.
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