Ankle bracelets for all sex offenders is a very poor idea, even though it may seem feasible if you do not know the facts. It is a myth that all sex offenders re-offend, as shown by every study ever done on the subject. In fact, very few re-offend. A 2003 National Justice System study of 3,000 sex offenders who were re-arrested in five years, released in 1994, disclosed that only about 5% of all convicted sex offenders were re-arrested. Of those, many were arrested for other crimes. That means that less than 5% of sex offenders re-offend, contrary to public belief.

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I am a local physical therapist concerned about patient access to rehabilitation services. When my patients need care, every day - and every mile you have to travel to get that care - counts. Medicare beneficiaries currently have burdensome requirements, such as a receiving physician's referral or certification of the plan of care, to receive physical therapist services. These burdensome requirements cause delays, and at times can deny access for patients to receive cost-effective interventions provided by physical therapists.

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Everyday across this state and country, changes are occuring. But, those changes are not occuring to the magnitude that we need them to. This country is spending billions of dollars to ensure that citizens of other countries are afforded equality. Meanwhile, in this country/state, certain segments of the population are still without legal protections. H.B. 1400 is state legislation that will provide non-discrimination protections for sexual orientation and gender identity and has been tied up in the state government committee for over a year.

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Barack Obama is completing his sojourn abroad and it looks like he may have come through without any major mishaps. The media has been scrutinizing every word and action as well as his Republican opponents with the audacity to hope he'd commit a major blunder that would be played on TV repeatedly during the throes of the campaign.

I wonder how they're going to explain the 200,000 in attendance in Germany during his speech. "They must all be delusional, he's acting like he already won the election, what do they know about our politics?", etc. Well, they know plenty.

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This letter addresses the government's possible selection of a new site for a national guard armory in Jackson Township. One consideration must be the distance that soldiers are asked to travel for meetings and drills. With the price of gasoline hovering around four dollars per gallon, requiring soldiers (men and women) to travel great distances from populated areas to the cornfield area seems ludicrous. Perhaps, the site selection committee should reconsider remodeling the existing facilty or considering another site closer to the city.

Robert O. Cochran
Springettsbury Township

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In Mike Argento's Sunday July 27th Viewpoint, Mr. Argento becomes an expert on the Oil Crisis, where he gets his information from, and criticizes McCain for changing his mind on drilling. When crude oil is selling for $40 a barrel, and the pump price was around $150.9 there is not much need to drill for more oil. When the crude oil price goes about $130 a barrel, common sense would tell you that circumstances have changed.

He mentions that new drilling, would take "about a decade" to produce oil. If he would ask drilling companies about his forcast, he would find out, the timing would be two to three years. Then he goes on to say that action would not be enough to affect prices. He is wrong again. The effect would be almost immediate, as the speculators would know that we are serious about new drilling, and the futures market would take a dramatic drop. Mr. Argento, read up on the law of supply and demand.

John T. Tuleja
Spring Garden Township

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I read the articles in the York Daily Record regarding the situation with the Red Lion Mile with some amount of dismay. As a member of the Red Lion Redevelopment Commission I was there when the idea of the Mile was first proposed. Using private money and donations of labor and products was an innovative idea as the other rail-trails in the area have relied on grants and other money from government. Scott Thompson, Sandy Graham and Ryan Sanders should be congratulated for their efforts; they were the driving force behind the Red Lion Mile. I have been on active duty with the Army since January and will return full time to Red Lion mid September but I see in my absence things with the Red Lion Mile have not gone well.

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In regards to your editorial about Camp Security, you have once again distorted facts. Your 'assumption' that bulldozers on the property caused the problem and cost to the taxpayers of York, you are misguided. The problem at Highpoint was caused by the pipe dream and shortsightedness of Lori Mitrick, Doug Kilgore and Mark Platts. They are responsible for the $17.5 million and more that we, the taxpayers of York County, will pay in increased taxes.

Scott Edward Snyder
Spring Garden Township

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Americans agree that we need a newer, cheaper, and more responsible energy plan. Yet some in Congress promote a pretend solution though offshore oil and gas drilling, which is dangerous and has little or no benefit for consumers. Unfortunately, there is far too little attention being paid to renewing federal clean energy tax incentives, which are critical to promoting solutions like wind and solar power and energy efficiency. But unless Sen. Specter and other Senate Republicans drop their opposition, these tax incentives will soon expire.

The clean energy solutions that these incentives support will cut global warming pollution, create jobs here in Pennsylvania, and save consumers billions on their electricity bills. However, the American Wind Energy Association estimates that letting these tax credits expire could result in 75,000 jobs being lost this year.

Sen. Arlen Specter voted on three separate occasions to block House-passed proposals to extend the tax incentives. With only a handful of scheduled days left in the Senate's calendar for 2008, time is running out for Sen. Specter and his Senate colleagues to stop their obstructionist efforts and allow these tax incentives to be renewed.

Brendan Stuart
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As a life long resident of York County and PA, I have been reading about the Harrisburg scandel this week. What wide spead corruption and misuse of tax dollars. It is really sickening. What kind of arrogant attitude flourishes in our state government that so many people think they can do whatever they want and apparently expect no consequences?

As this situation plays out in the courts, I would hope that any parties found guilty should be required to repay tax money and all costs to the state used to bring to trial and prosecute. I hope no deals are made and residents of this state will finally see ACCOUNTABILITY - NOW!.

Susan Grim
Red Lion

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