ECMC important to city, suburbs
      In the article "Hospitals, healthcare face uncertain future" (Jan. 24 and 25, Community Outlook), Keaton T. DePriest fails to mention the severe impact a merger of the Erie County Medical Center Corporation and Buffalo General Hospital would have on this area.
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The truth lies in the numbers
      I read in a recent Amherst Bee that residents are questioning their 2007 tax bills. It is not surprising when some of the numbers don't agree with promises and statements made to the papers. The tax rate for the general town tax has gone up, not down. The 2006 tax rate was 3.
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