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LETTERS: Police officer acted far too fast in Tamir Rice shooting

Regarding the ruling in the shooting death of Tamir Rice, Reuters reported the following: “A grand jury cleared two Cleveland police officers on Monday in the November 2014 fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was brandishing a toy gun in a park.” The prosecutor said there was a lack of evidence indicating criminal activity.

LETTERS: Strip tragedy highlights shortfalls in identifying the needy

The Review-Journal has been updating the story about the young woman who drove onto the sidewalk on the Strip and injured a number of pedestrians, killing one (“Driver faces murder charge,” Wednesday Review-Journal). This was a senseless and tragic act, for which there is no excuse.

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LETTERS: R-J should be completely free of bias

As an avid reader of the Review-Journal and someone who likes to follow politics both local and national news, I have to say I am decidedly disappointed in the biased coverage I continually see in the newspaper I love.

LETTERS: Integrity is newspaper’s greatest asset

Under great secrecy, the family of Sheldon Adelson purchased the Review-Journal (“Adelson’s son-in-law led purchase,” Dec. 17).

LETTERS: Teachers contract not really all about the children

It shouldn’t surprise any Clark County taxpayer that teachers in the Clark County Education Association voted to approve a new two-year contract that will set starting salaries at $40,000, an increase of 15.5 percent compared with the current starting salary of about $34,600.

LETTERS: Heck not helping to solve terrorism problem

If Rep. Joe Heck has been working so hard with his committee colleagues to bring the full capabilities of our armed forces and intelligence community to finish the fight against ISlL, as he says in his commentary, then why is there so much left to do?

LETTERS: Faraday, Apex will need water importation pipeline

Fifteen years ago, as manager of community resources for Clark County, I negotiated the Master Developer Agreement between Clark County and the Apex Industrial Park. Subsequently, I completed the land sales for the Apex Industrial Park between the Bureau of Land Management and Clark County, and then between the county and the private sector.

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