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Riley: Be sure you know what you're signing

The gentlemen who questioned Mr. Berkey’s objection to the petitioner in front of Wal-Mart inadvertently misunderstood his letter or was trying to make his own point by suggesting that Mr. Berkey was paranoiac.


I was with Mr. Berkey my partner of 34 years, and we questioned only his tactics, not his constitutional rights. The manager of Wal-Mart said that the gentleman in question refused to give his name, or the agents who have paid him to collect signatures. I would think that any voter would need this information before he signed the petition.


What is the gentleman hiding? If his signature collecting is completely legitimate, why doesn’t he divulge the simple information any other petitioner gladly submits.


At no time did we say NO DON’T SIGN, please read the letter again. We merely suggested – be sure you know what you are signing.


Harold Riley live in Clearlake.


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Huff: Make sure they're never bored again

My name is Billie Huff and I believe that one of the girls that microwaved her hamster is my fiance's niece. I cannot even comprehend someone doing something like that to any animal and I hope that the girls are charged with felony animal cruelty and are sent to a detention facility for the max amount of time they can be given.


I firmly believe that if you are able to hurt or abuse an animal in your teen years that there is a possibility for sick people like that to become serial killers. I feel that if they are let off to lightly they won't get the message of how serious something like this is. I feel they should both be made to have extensive counseling, do county authority facility time and a large fine should be tacked on to that so the parents of these girls are aware of the seriousness. I would hope that they are given community service work, volunteer work, yard work, house work whatever it takes to make sure they are never bored again.


Billie Huff lives in Rodeo.


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