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• Regarding an article about a woman who wants her dog back after agreeing to give it up to avoid criminal charges related to keeping 18 cats and the dog in a Grand Blanc Township storage unit after her house was condemned:

"How come no one has tried to help this woman? She and her son are living in their car. Something is wrong with this picture. I really feel bad for the animals, especially the cats (which had to be euthanized), but at least they're not in that horrible condition any more. ... I can't believe the way people treat their pets. If you can't afford to take proper care of your pets, then find a good home for them, or better yet, don't get a pet in the first place."

-- Posted by neisey

John W. Adkisson | The Flint JournalAfter using the jaws of life, emergency personnel remove a victim from a Chevy Blazer after an accident with a Dodge pickup truck Monday night on Beecher Road near Gilbert Street in Flint Township. The victim suffered minor injuries and was sent to an area hospital. Authorities believe weather was a factor in the accident that occurred on the bridge over I-75. Dozens of accidents occurred during the snowy night across Genesee County.

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• Regarding an article about accidents on slick roads, which were a factor in at least two fatalities:

"Were the roads salted?"

-- Posted by mahew111

"They were salting like crazy around 6 p.m. It's all just driving too fast. People just need to slow down and be considerate. That's all."

-- Posted by GETREAL222

Stuart Bauer | The Flint JournalAt the Grand Blanc Township home of her son, Dr. Jose Jota, Gennie Jota of Diamond Bar, Calif., holds a portrait of Jota, wife Celina and children, Patrick 10, Joshua, 8, Kaitlyn, 5, and Jillian, 2.

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• Regarding an article about the deportation of a Grand Blanc Township doctor and his family:

"I hope things work out for the Jotas and they can come back. They were not living off the system, but paid into it. Now, I hope U.S. Rep. Dale Kildee and Sen. Carl Levin will help stand up for them! Dr. Jota is a good doctor, and Michigan needs all the help we can get."

-- Posted by joeh13401

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• Regarding an article about Flint District Court judges suing the Flint City Council over budget woes:

"Great job to everyone at City Hall. You are all very deserving of your elected positions."

-- Posted by wewantwayne

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• Regarding an article about Genesee Recycling discovering a radioactive cheese grater that was made in China:

Melissa Cousineau | The Flint JournalAfter being soaked with water, Coach Sanford Hoyle cheers with the crowd while his Summerfield Elementary School football team waits in line behind him for their trophies after beating Scott Elemetary School on Friday night, Nov. 7, 2008, in the elementary school superbowl. The new volunteer effort runs a sports league in the Flint School district.

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• Regarding an article about a volunteer effort to create sports programs for Flint elementary school students: "It's just a disgrace the city didn't play a major role." -- Posted by zymosis99 Continue reading "Volunteer effort to create sports program for Flint elementary schools discussed by Flint Journal readers" »

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• Regarding an article about the individuals behind the effort to recall Flint Mayor Don Williamson:

"In this case, the recall is a waste of money. If you don't like the mayor, work to elect someone better next time."

-- Posted by Smakutus

"Smakutus, there is no 'waste of money.' The city cannot afford the (mayor) for another three years."

-- Posted by DJokeW

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• Regarding an article about President Bush's dog biting a reporter:

"Bring on Keith Olbermann, Jon Stewart and Steve Colbert. Give that pooch a medal."

-- Posted by Flintman2

Melissa Cousineau | The Flint Journal"I lost my son but I gained an extension to my family," Tracie Hilder said. When her son, Aaron Kubica, died four years ago after a car crash, Hilder donated the 19 year old's organs -- which have given a new life to a Grand Rapids man and Troy woman. The is shown with a photo of her son and the families her son helped.

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• Regarding an article about Tracie Hilder encouraging people to consider donating organs almost four years after she chose to donate her late son's organs through the Michigan Gift of Life Registry, a decision that saved two lives:

"What a touching story. There are some really wonderful, caring people in this world."

-- Posted by twoguysmom

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Ryan Garza | The Flint JournalRoger L. Sharp II, president of Sharp Funeral Homes, says funeral home services are always needed even when the country is in a recession.

• Regarding an article about some businesses thriving during hard times, such as Oliver T's in Grand Blanc Township and Sharp Funeral Homes: Continue reading "An online reader claims most businesses are thriving and says the media wants consumers to think otherwise" »

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• Regarding an article about the Genesee County Land Bank abandoning a development where American Indian remains found and donating the land to the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe:

"I'm stunned! That is the most reasonable and effective land use I have ever heard of the Land Bank doing."

-- Posted by shanedr

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Regarding an article about the arrest in Northern Michigan of long-time fugitive Carol Hart, who escaped from prison in 1970 while serving time for a crime related to a Flint area murder:

"Hopefully, the judge will make her complete all 25 years of her sentence. Just because she apparently didn't get into real trouble again, doesn't negate her need to face justice for what she did in the 1960s. I feel no sympathy for her."

— Posted by Flintman2

"These ladies (Hart and Susan LeFevre, another long-time Michigan fugitive who was arrested in April), I believe, should be released. ... A cold-hearted criminal would have continued to live the life of crime and not just suddenly decide to change their lives."

— Posted by trumbull25

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• Regarding Offbeat column, Guns galore: Young teens ditch toy guns for real thing: "Anyone who lives in Flint knows the police can't protect you. Most people know that, and that's why they carry protection.
-- Posted by NUMBER407

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John W. Adkisson | The Flint JournalLawrence Skinner (from left), 8; Antonio Skinner, 6; and Garia Turner, 6, flee a haunted house at Mott Community College on Friday (Oct. 24, 2008) in Flint. Approximately 1,500 people attended the Halloween event, which featured costume contests, storytelling, bounce houses and dancing

HALLOWEEN HORROR: I was very disturbed by the picture of the children running out of the haunted house that was on the front page of The Flint Journal on Oct. 25. They were two children, ages 6 and 8. I am being increasingly disturbed by the level of "entertainment" we are subjecting small children to at this time of year. No longer is Halloween about fun and candy and trick-or-treating, but about how horrible we can make the decorating or how gruesome we can make haunted houses. Don't you realize what this does to young children when they are exposed to such horrible images at such a young age?

-- Flint Township

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Melissa Cousineau | The Flint JournalJamila Stone is a freshman at University of Michigan - Flint living in the First Street Residence Halls. Stone who is from Washington DC can't believe the economy in Flint. She has been looking for a job and also is surprised that not many people walk much around here. She walked everywhere back home and describes walking to her grandmas house as a simliar distance from downtown to the Genesee Valley Mall.

• Regarding University of Michigan-Flint resident students from out of state assessing college night life in downtown Flint:

"I am glad the DDA provides some security downtown. Hopefully, the next mayor will be able to work with others and will step up to the plate and aid in improving the environment. I would like to see UM-Flint add 300 (rooms) every few years."

-- Posted by jacobsmith