TalkBack for Nov. 18

SRS workers

To the SRS non-Recovery Act, nonexempt workers: Stop working the cheaply compensated "straight-time" overtime hours. Management is laughing all the way to the bank. A union is not needed to facilitate change that benefits the best workers. I pray Obama is the change that this previously staunch Republican never realized.

SCDMV

The SCDMV should make sure they have the correct red, yellow and green or the City will put a stop to the downtown program.

Horse rapist

It is unconscionable that the horse rapist ever be released from jail. How do you think he treats children?

COLA increase

Regarding the comment that you always received an increase in Social Security during the Bush years and now it has stopped, what is it that you don't understand about the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA)? Now that the economy is flat, there is no adjustment because the cost of living index, which has been in effect for many years, does not call for a COLA increase. This has nothing to do with the current administration.

White House

It might interest the person who wrote the rant about the Obamas handing out Halloween candy that George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush hosted 500 children on Halloween in 1989, loading them up with candy. And there's also the Easter Egg Roll, a White House tradition since 1878. In 2009, George and Laura Bush had 13,000 hard boiled eggs prepared for this occasion, which is conducted for children in the Washington area.

Public option

If you like the H1N1 (swine) flu mess-up, you'll really love public health.

Post offices

If you are seeking a post office experience that never requires waiting in line, use the Warrenville, Gloverville, Langley or Bath post office. These are "one-station" offices; however, the service is always prompt and courteous.

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