Letters to the Editor
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Student voice and distrust were communicated forcefully Monday night during the public comment section of the Bristol Warren Region School Committee meeting. It is a brave thing to stand up in front …
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11/11/21
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On Oct.18, former Lt. Gov. Dan McKee ceremonially signed into law the Student Success Act which, promising in-state tuition to every alien, pits illegals and refugees against our native-born …
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11/11/21
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Bristol Warren’s schools aren’t racist … Worse, they are not succeeding at teaching math and science to the majority of children of any color or religion.
The real problem …
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11/11/21
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Today is profound. It is the first Veterans Day post-Afghanistan, the longest sustained conflict in U.S. history. The aftermath bears an eerie similarity to that of our second longest, the war in …
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11/11/21
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This is in reference to the Afgans being brought into this country by the Biden administration. Once again our government picks and chooses who they will help.
As a Vietnam veteran, I watched …
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11/5/21
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“A veteran is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to ‘The USA for an amount of up to and including my life.’ ”
The above …
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11/4/21
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To the editor:
Remember when - it was only a few years ago - that Boston’s parking lots near Fenway Park were gouging fans with ridiculously astronomical parking fees. Why would …
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11/4/21
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Last week’s Phoenix contained a letter to the editor criticizing my opinion on the low police officer salaries in Bristol, and it appears that letter writer missed my point. What I was …
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11/4/21
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This gripping headline was representative of two letters to the editor and an editorial in the Oct. 28 Phoenix. Both the letters and the editorial took the Bristol Warren Regional School Committee …
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11/4/21
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To the editor: Climate change is here and it is a threat to our state, our nation, and our world. President Biden’s plan to cut American carbon emissions has been shot down, but fortunately …
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10/29/21
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The time has come to call out blatantly racist actions taken by some influential people regarding our Bristol Warren Regional School District, and this directly relates to shaping the future of our …
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10/28/21
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Regarding the letter from Mike Proto about police officers’ pay (“ Incentives are great, but police pay is still too low ,” Oct 14), he has the audacity of saying this when most …
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10/28/21
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It’s easy to miss the good news about the Bristol Warren schools these days. The constant turmoil from our school committee leadership is in the headlines again, giving our district another …
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10/28/21
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Here we are. Again.
It’s a good thing Bristol Warren Regional School Committee meetings are not entertaining enough for the majority of Bristol Warren students, because the kids should not …
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10/28/21
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An act of kindness and generosity by six sophomore Roger Williams University students proves there is hope for our younger generation.
Last Sunday, Arthur Medeiros and I were having breakfast at …
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10/21/21
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Last week’s you featured a story about how our town's police department is attempting to incentivize officers in order to combat the problem of recruitment and retention of personnel, which is …
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10/14/21
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If you as an American ever wondered how a people as intelligent, empirical and rational as the Germans of the 1930s and ’40s allowed themselves to be divided, create classes of sub-humans, then …
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10/7/21
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To the editor: The very first thing I would do when the Sakonnet Times arrived was to go to Arlene Violet's column. If there was not one in that edition I felt cheated, something very important was …
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10/1/21
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As any parent of school age children can tell you, the past 18 months have been incredibly difficult for our students. They have juggled distance learning, social distancing, masks, reduced …
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9/23/21
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There is one group of Americans we have not heard much from or much about during the past year and a half. That group comprises seniors who are not in nursing homes, who are healthy and productive, …
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9/23/21
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The time for diplomatic nuance and PC deference is past.
I stand opposed to critical race theory (CRT) ideology infiltrating the public school curriculum. It is divisive, destructive and …
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9/17/21
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Recently, the Bristol Police Department responded to a horrific and violent incident in neighboring Warren , and not surprisingly, the Bristol officers who responded to this call performed with …
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9/16/21
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A concise and thoughtful letter appeared recently by Noel Hewitt of this town regarding Diversity Committees and questioning the need for them. I was impressed by his reasoning in addressing …
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9/16/21
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The following was signed by multiple people and directed to Marjorie McBride, chairwoman of the Bristol Warren Regional School Committee.
We, the undersigned, are writing to urge you to …
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9/15/21
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Today’s self-serving politicians are doing their best to control the minds of American citizens through fear and deception. It is encouraging to see letters to the editor break through the …
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9/9/21
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