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1. Episcopal turmoil hurts parishioners

   By The Bakersfield Californian

   Tuesday, May 21 2013 11:00 PM

   Our diocese separated itself from the Episcopal Church several years ago, but today we are fighting a different battle. The Episcopal Church has sued many dioceses and individual churches saying that they own all the church facilities and they have won again with St. Paul's and St. Michael's ("Episcopals regain 2 buildings; some Anglicans must find new home," May 12). Churches all over the nation must turn over their complete facilities to the Episcopal Church. This is mainly because the judiciary does not like putting itself into church conflicts.

   It is an awful shame that churches bought and paid for by their members many years ago now must find new facilities to worship in. Ironically, the Episcopal Church will be glad to sell the...

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2. Help 'Send a Kid to Camp'

   The public is invited to the Outback Steakhouse for lunch in support of the Bakersfield Firefighters Burn Foundation Send a Kid to Camp. With a $25 donation (cash or check), you will receive lunch with a beverage, salad and choice of...

3. A man is dead and we're worried about image?

   I am writing in regard to the May 19 news story "Kern's image may be taking a hit." What I find most disturbing about this article is that the city leaders of Bakersfield appear to care more about our image than the fact that a terrible...

4. We're losing our freedoms

   Many throughout the county are outraged because Kern County sheriff's deputies went into a private residence and took cellphones of private citizens because they believed the phones contained evidence of a crime. I'm referring to the...

5. Renegades' sanctions: It's on the chancellor

   Because of school budget constraints, the Helmet Club was formed more than 25 years ago as a nonprofit to help the Bakersfield College football program. It has always done so with utmost integrity. The chancellor of the Kern Community...

6. Unintended consequences

   The Bakersfield College football situation is one more example of cutting off your nose to spite your face. Or how about the law of unintended consequences forced on us by power-blind bureaucrats. Without supporters, booster clubs and...

7. Guns, batons not just for show

   With regard to the David Sal Silva case, why are the media and the general public so quick to blame law enforcement? A man died and that is awful, but how do we know it was a result of the officers' attempt to detain him? Notice I didn't...

9. DA should lead investigation

   Now is the time for the Kern County District Attorney's Office, under the leadership of Lisa Green, to immediately take over the investigation of David Sal Silva's death at the hands of local law enforcement officers. What role Kern County...

10. Kids these days have too much homework

    Am I the only one who is alarmed by the huge amounts of homework students are faced with every day? It's horrendous! As soon as they get home from school, they start doing their homework with a break for dinner -- then back to the homework...

11. Another inspiring welcome

    As a World War II Air Force veteran, I was part of Kern County's "Honor Flight" to Washington, D.C., to visit the World War II Memorial and other national shrines, a fulfilling and thrilling experience. However, for me the most emotional...

12. Say hello to a fellow student

    Interacting with special needs students on your high school campus makes a big difference to them. I would like to ask all regular-ed students everywhere in Kern County to take the time next week to say hi to a special ed student on their...

13. CPUC commissioners should be elected

    For those who feel like they've been spinning their wheels with regard to the increased water rates put forth by Cal Water in Bakersfield and Lake Isabella, I suggest the California Public Utilities Commission is the wrong avenue to get the...

14. Parties keeping us divided

    Nothing is going to come of this IRS stuff or this Department of Justice stuff or this Benghazi stuff. Nothing. You want to know why? It's because the Republicans jumping all over it are doing so from a hypocritical position, since they...