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Sound Off for June 4, 2017

Place your bets

The only way the Liberty District will become a vibrant community is to build a casino there. That would make the masses happy.

Cut the dosage

I think Tiger Woods and the Donald are taking the same medication.

Autobiography?

I understand Hillary is writing a new book. If it's a listing of everyone she blames for her election loss, it's going to have more pages than War and Peace.

Another version

The public should be prepared to hear quite a different story from Trump’s when Rosenstein and Comey testify to the Senate Committee.

Trust issues

In a Monmouth University poll, 64% of Americans say U.S. allies will be less willing to share sensitive info after Trump gave intel to the Russians.

Gridlock

Teresa Tomlinson has become Chris Christie by closing lanes on 13th Street. It won’t work because it is not a “destination.”

Growth industry

Need a good paying job? It used to be in petroleum. Now it’s the care and feeding of elderly folk.

Bumper crop

In China, they are in the year of the rooster. In the South, we are in the year of the dandelion. I don’t remember seeing so many like this year.

Foundering

You know the old saying-“loose lips sink ships.” Well, Trump put a real good anchor on that one.

This story was originally published June 3, 2017 at 7:17 PM with the headline "Sound Off for June 4, 2017."

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