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It's a thankless job. [The Planning Commission] has to juggle economic benefits versus environmental issues such as traffic and noise.


Eric Coyne

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HELENE MCQUADE political, environmental and economic issue of our time.
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PETER WEST We will continue the fight because the town has not acted responsibly and continues to ignore the fa...
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DARYL HANNAH Cumberland County was one of the first counties in the commonwealth to send planning professionals t...
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DAVID PIES The Planning Commission plans to finish Fall Creek and Cook Valley Road which contains area of about...
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GARVIS SAMS This is not a racial issue and should not be presented as such. The principle is legal versus illega...
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DEBRA PATZER Jay Townsend has offered, and I have accepted, his resignation from his position with my campaign. N...
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PIERCE BROSNAN We juggle our schedules to make it happen. ... It's a full-time passion, but it's a part-time job.
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ERIC HOFFER Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stu...
ERIC HOFFER An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anyth...
ERIC HOFFER Self-esteem and self-contempt have specific odors; they can be smelled.
ERIC HOFFER No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments. We need p...
ERIC HOFFER