Government's limiting of rights is offensive
      The Supreme Court recently declared the Washington, D.C., gun ban unconstitutional and in the process made it clear that the rights identified in the Second Amendment were rights of the individual, just like the rights identified in the First Amendment. We hear a lot about our First Amendment rights.
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Domestic ducks, geese are deserving of concern, caring
      Go to any pond or lake in the summer and you will see swimming among wild waterfowl, domestic ducks and geese. These birds - often white Pekin ducks or Mother Goose-type geese - were once Easter pets or the result of school hatching projects. No longer small and fuzzy, these domestic birds are dumped at local waterways to fend for themselves.
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Change 'business as usual' in L.B.
      I am writing about the article I saw in your paper about the city of Long Branch owing $500,000 to the developer of Pier Village. The council OK'd this contract if the developer spent more than $8 million buying property for his development.
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For the Record
      A letter to editor submitted by Cindy Zipf of Clean Ocean Action that appeared in the June 26 issue should have read: "The entire Atlantic Coast contains about 1 1/2 years of gas." The published versions incorrectly state the supply to be 112 years of gas.
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