Readers object to front page story on pornography
      Dear Editor, I was appalled to receive my [Oct. 10] copy of the Chesterfield Observer that my 10-yearold son retrieved from the mailbox.
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Traffic light is unfair
      Dear Editor, I read with interest your article, "Traffic sting nets 31 tickets" in your Oct. 3 issue, an article concerning motorist traffic light violations at the intersection of Huguenot Road and Midlothian Turnpike.
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Legal immigrants played by the rules
      Dear Editor, As a recently naturalized United States citizen and a resident of Chesterfield County, I could not help but notice that your Oct. 3 page 1 article "Getting tougher" subtitled "…illegal immigration" had lost the word "illegal" in its title when it continued onto page 8.
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Should county deny benefits to illegals?
      Dear Editor, [I understand] that Fairfax County is going to deny all county-provided benefits to nonregistered aliens.
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Branner Station case
      Dear Editor, Just when the taxpayers of Chesterfield County thought, or hoped, the shenanigans of the board of supervisors couldn't get any worse, along comes the Branner Station vote. Our supervisors aren't paid to duck; [Supervisors Don] Sowder and [Art] Warren [showed] cowardice.
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Ashbrook Lake dredging
      Dear Editor, Regarding phosphorous limits for the Swift Creek Reservoir [Oct. 3], they are definitely needed. Also with current low water [levels] after a mild drought, it's clear the reservoir's amount of water is critical, too. The county shouldn't consider dredging Ashbrook Lake to bring down...
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Speeders deserve more police attention
      I admit I was speeding, I was doing 48 in a 45 [speed zone] on Courthouse Road Tuesday afternoon, but cars were passing me, lots of cars. Along with all the people speeding and driving too close to the car in front, I asked myself, what is going on here? Where are the police?
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