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November 29, 2006

Comment on Wednesday's editorials

An educated investment
A couple of counties in Southwest Virginia will be able to close the college affordability gap. Their good fortune should be a lesson.
High school students in Wythe and Bland counties are going to be handed the sterling opportunity of a tuition-free community college education, thanks to a visionary local charitable foundation.
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Republicans prefer a dead duck session
Democrats will have to clean up Congress' budget mess next year.
Republicans aren't satisfied with just the lame-duck Congress voters handed them on Nov. 7. Instead, the GOP shot the duck, plucked its feathers and cooked it.
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[November 29, 2006 8:52 AM]

Josh

A private group set up this wonderful foundation. A private group is overseeing its efficiency. No layers bloated administrators lining their pockets. Note the common theme here: private.

So, as usual, the Roanoke Times takes the wrong lesson from this, implying the state should be doing more.

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