After losing the majority of their costumes and equipment in an arson case this summer, the Altoona High School varsity show choir, “Locomotion,” and junior varsity show choir, “Enginuity,” are primed and ready to bring down a house of their own.

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   On Tuesday, October 7, an Associated Press article detailed the seizure of several fraudulent voter registration forms from the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now’s (ACORN) Las Vegas, Nev., headquarters; among them were the names of the entire Dallas Cowboys starting lineup. On Thursday, October 23, the Associated Press reported that nearly 1,100 absentee ballots for Racine, Wisc., had gone missing. With so many reports like these circulating the news recently, it must be asked: How secure is the city of Altoona’s voting process?

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   When he is not managing the day-to-day operations of city government, Altoona City Administrator Mike Golat might be brushing up on his genetics — pumpkin genetics, that is. 

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  Veterans Day is upon us again, and that means it is time for the Altoona Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) to sell Buddy Poppies at local establishments. Doing so helps us live up to the VFW motto, “Honor the dead by helping the living.” 

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   Bill Boyer of Western Springs, Ill., and I, Jim Davis, of Altoona, first met in 1945 after completing boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Both of us were then sent to Yeoman Service School at Great Lakes, and that is where we became friends – along with Jim Gaffney of Cedar Falls, Iowa. We called ourselves “The Three Musketeers.”

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1. What do you see as Congress’ role regarding foreign policy?
   When it comes to foreign policy, I believe that both Congress and the White House would be served well if we all remembered the roles that our founding fathers carved out for us in the Constitution. Although the President has the authority to respond to foreign events, negotiate treaties, and send U.S. troops into action, Congress is charged with appropriating funds to carry out foreign aid, advising the executive branch, and consenting to certain activities, such as the decision to enter into new treaties. The framers, therefore, were clear in wanting a system of shared responsibility over foreign policy. When the two branches of government do not collaborate and work together, I believe our foreign policy suffers. 

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1. What do you see as Congress’ role regarding foreign policy?
   In 1991, the U.S. removed Iraq from Kuwait. Saddam Hussein agreed to U.N. resolutions to end hostilities against Iraq. Hussein stopped U.N. inspectors in searching for weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Hussein threw the inspectors out of Iraq during the Clinton presidency.

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1. What do you see as Congress’ role regarding foreign policy?
   Congress, not the executive branch, should take the lead role in foreign policy, especially in matters of war and peace. The Constitution gives Congress, not the president, the duty of deciding when and if the nation must go to war. Yet since World War II, the president has repeatedly committed U.S. troops and covert operatives to battle without a declaration of war from Congress, resulting in more than five million innocent people being murdered by U.S. troops and CIA agents all over the world in illegal, undeclared wars. The result is that the whole world hates us, especially since the 9/11 inside job and the Nazi-style wars of aggression it unleashed. Congress needs to take back its power over war and peace, and impose peace on the out-of-control executive branch and the international bankers who are the real power behind the throne. Since this cannot happen while the Zionist lobby owns Congress, we need to arrest all of the key Zionist lobby operatives as undeclared agents of a foreign power, so that Congress can go back to representing the American people rather than the extremist fringe in Israel. For a detailed explanation of why the Israeli lobby is a criminal enterprise, read Grant Smith’s book, “Foreign Agents.”

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   On Tuesday, November 4, voters will be asked to vote  “yes” or “no” on the following health care referendum:
   “Shall the next state legislature enact health care reform legislation by December 31, 2009, that guarantees every Wisconsin resident affordable health care coverage as good as what is provided to state legislators?”

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1. In your own words, please summarize the duties this position entails. My office is responsible for prosecuting any criminal offenses or individuals for committing criminal offenses that take place in Eau Claire County – reviewing referrals from numerous law enforcement agencies to determine whether charges should be issued and if so, following up with that with the prosecution. We also handle a smaller number of traffic matters and juvenile cases.

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