The Gazette Editorial Board — At first blush, it doesn’t seem fair that thousands of vehicles are able to speed …
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The Gazette Editorial Board — At first blush, it doesn’t seem fair that thousands of vehicles are able to speed …
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By The Gazette Editorial Board —- It’s up to local police to enforce traffic laws on city streets, including state …
Gazette Editorial Board — It’s reckless and unproductive. The government shutdown and congressional impasse on the debt ceiling, that is. …
Gazette Editorial Board — It would be impossible to establish hard-and-fast thresholds or policies governing when police officers should engage …
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