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It was a thoughtful and considerate note, the kind that deserves a thoughtful and considerate response. So, when a reader recently sent me an email that raised some valid questions, it sounded like good column fodder.
Under the subject “thank you for your fine comments,” Bob Waber of Battle Ground wrote, “I always read your editorials.”
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