On behalf of the landfill, people get their trucks weighed, then they go dump the load of trash and then pick up scrap metal and go back and get their truck re-weighed. The attendants don't notice because they have racks on their truck and it's cheating.

I found Murray Lynch's statement that the Pope is the closest person to God both the scariest and funniest thing he's said all year. God help all Catholics if that's true.

Tim Lattimore and Matt Smith are providing the only embarrassment to the city. Thank God for the three Democratic council people that are there to straighten out the mistakes.

Why isn't there a pooper scooper law? Virtually every day I am picking up after dogs whose irresponsible owners allow them to go on everyone's lawn, but their own.

Conservatives will support income redistribution only if it makes the rich richer.

In regard to Saddam's execution, I understand the whole world hates him for what he did. George Bush went over to finish Daddy's job and he's killing all our soldiers.

I just would like to know how you can feel you are an open, honest paper when you will not print the positive remarks I've put in about David Gould. You people endorsed him.

Bring back the rotary phone, so we don't have to push one to proceed in English.

We need jobs in Auburn. Why can't something come into Auburn and bring us jobs and use that old General Electric plant on West Genesee Street?

Why not hire African-American teachers in Auburn who are less qualified than others? The Auburn school district has been doing this for years with the sons and daughters of former teachers and school board members.

Merrill Badman, no matter how popular the elected official, they all have their share of detractors. If criticism has you considering resigning you shouldn't have run in the first place.

Will the families of the people whose deaths are caused by the closings suggested by the Berger Commission and voted on by the politicians, be able to sue them?

To the person in the big SUV traveling west on Turnpike Road just east of Route 34, at about 7:45 a.m. Wednesday morning - you lost control of your vehicle by going too fast and nearly killed me. I am very happy your back wheels caught in the ditch and you didn't through your negligence come across the road and cause a tragedy for my family and perhaps yours - slow down.

It's laughable how Auburn's liberal council members and liberals in general are so adamant in their refusal to add any new police officers that are badly needed. But they keep pouring new employees and money into unnecessary positions in Auburn, just for political patronage.

If Cuddeback was as ambitious chairing the public works committee as he is at spending time spouting off for Fearon returning as legislative chair, then we might not be in such a mess with asbestosgate.

Dozens of prescription drugs are targeted by pharmaceutical companies directly to the consumer. With prime-time advertising rates as they are, hundreds of millions of dollars could be saved and applied to reducing the costs of prescriptions if the companies returned to targeting the doctors in their journals instead of doing an end-run around them and using the ignorant public to “help” their doctors diagnose and prescribe.

Maybe it's not obvious that we need more officers, but what is obvious is how many police cars can be seen day after day parked at the same residences for extended periods of time.

John Chick, give up the name of the people who are responsible for the asbestos problem. You have taken enough abuse and it is time for somebody else to be crucified.

I can't understand why Judy Ducayne felt the need to write a column defining who she is and what she believes in. Don't worry, Judy, your previous columns have defined you better than any direct quotes from you ever could.

Why are people too lazy to put away their own shopping carts? It's a real safety hazard to leave a cart out in the middle of the parking lot, and they block parking spaces.

There is an old western proverb, “the first pancake is always a lump.” But hasn't every decision George Fearon has made as chairman seemed to get lumpier?

You would think that one who is clever enough to afford a Cadillac Escalade would know how to legally navigate a traffic circle. Also, you would think The Citizen would publish a traffic circle diagram and educate those who drive it as if it were a free-for-all!