'Vasean's Law' Needed For Sexual Predators
      Recently an individual was convicted of a number of assaults of a sexual nature committed against a child. The child was nine years old when the assaults began and 14 when they ended with a rape. After a jury trial, the individual faced the maximum allowable under the law- seven years in prison.
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Why No Rezoning?
      To The Editor: The Auburndale Improvement Association, Inc., the oldest civic association in Queens County, has been actively lobbying the New York City Planning Commission for contextual rezoning of the Auburndale community for the past several years.
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Bigotry Reappears
      To The Editor: Bigotry has lifted its ugly head in Manhattan and Nassau County, not to mention in various parts of the country, with the crude and bigoted display of nooses. I had thought we had come a long way in terms of race relations since the '60s.
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Horse Died Needlessly
      To The Editor: It was most upsetting to see the picture in this Saturday's Daily News of Smoothie, the carriage horse, lying fatally injured on a Manhattan street, after being panicked by the sound of a snare drum being used by a break dancing group.
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Hails New Citizens
      To The Editor: It was with the greatest of interest that I read the informative and insightful articles that appeared in the Sept. 26, 2007 issue of the Gazette. Three articles pertained to positive themes and they are most appropriate for me to comment upon.
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Why Illegals' Licenses?
      To The Editor: Your governor [Eliot Spitzer] will give drivers' licenses to illegal aliens beginning in December. If you allow this to happen the entire country will suffer. Over 70 percent of those of you that live in New York disagree with this unilateral policy. As I see it you have two choic...
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