Bee Editorial
Town Board should have supported task force
      The Amherst Town Board's failure to support a motion to change how smoking in movies is portrayed, requested by the Amherst Task Force for Healthy Communities * Healthy Youth, was wrong, especially after many board members said they have personal knowledge that smoking is dangerous and addicting.
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Spindle items
JESSICA FINCH Associate Editor
      + REAL NEWS - There has been a lot of talk about the Feb. 26 Town Board meeting in which Supervisor Satish Mohan said the word "foolish" would no longer be tolerated during the public comment period. The second the words left his mouth he was criticized for suggesting a limit on free speech. T...
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Out of the Past
      125 Years Ago March 9, 1882 Tuesday was the most quiet election ever held in this village. As everything was harmonious in the Democrat camp, victory naturally perched on their banner.
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Changes in the wind observed in Albany
BRIAN ACKLEY Political Columnist
      These days, it's hard to know exactly when state politicians are simply pandering to score public points or are being swept up in a surging tsunami of change that will eventually crash on the capitol's shores to wipe away Albany's old guard.
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Workers' comp reform, civil confinement law finally approved
JAMES P. HAYES New York State Assembly
      The first few weeks of the 2007 legislative session in Albany have produced a number of key reforms to help improve the business climate and safety of families in Western New York and across the state. Gov.
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