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• 8 ways to make grocery shopping more sanitary

  8 ways to make grocery shopping more sanitary

  The average American goes to the supermarket twice a week and is exposed to bacteria from a variety of sources - from the grocery cart handle to the melons in the produce aisle. Even when your groceries are safely at home, you still have to contend with food-borne illnesses. More than 70 million people get sick from food-borne illnesses in the U.S. each year, and roughly 5,000 of them die as a result of it, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And if you're pregnant, diabetic, HIV-positive or over the age of 65, then it's even more risky for you to sample the grocery store's cheese display or skip the produce bags.

• TAKE IN THE TRASH: Tribune nabs 4 of 5 elected SLO officials storing their bins illegally

  TAKE IN THE TRASH: Tribune nabs 4 of 5 elected SLO officials storing their bins illegally

  Most of the council members were blatantly disregarding the law

• Letters to the Editor 9/28

  Letters to the Editor 9/28

  Obama’s socialism

  Redistribution of wealth for social needs rather than profits is a premise for socialism. When a government collects wealth (tax money) according to means (profits/income) and redistributes it to provide social needs, I call that government socialism.

  Basic American social needs might have started with things such as the military, police and the legal system, but since then, social needs have accumulated to a level unsustainable by taxes alone. In addition to taxes, America is now borrowing nearly $1.5 trillion a year to fund a bloated government delivering bloated social needs.

• Excuse me, but what if I only need the one?

  Excuse me, but what if I only need the one?

  People who sell stuff to me have got my number, and that number is two.

  Let me explain.

  A week ago, a little red line appeared on the dashboard of our ‘93 Honda. It glowed below the display that warns us when a door isn’t fully closed. It also indicates which door. I thought the red line meant the station wagon’s rear door wasn’t closed.

• Wal-Mart’s ballot-box tactics are shameful

  Wal-Mart’s ballot-box tactics are shameful

  While local forces grapple with the possibility of a 123,000-square-foot Walmart in Atascadero, I was upset to read that the Arkansas-based retailer wants to use the ballot box to muscle its way into communities.

  California Watch reported that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is using California’s local-initiative process to threaten cities by forcing them to either accept the retailer’s proposals without changes or call a local special election to put its plans before voters, which can be costly.

  As if the giant retailer were not already controversial enough no matter where it tries to build a new store, this measure makes the company a major bully when it comes to locating itself in communities that may not want the big-box store.