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Lives at risk

I hope it’s clear to everyone what our new governor and his enablers really mean when they say they must cut back social safety nets because the state can't afford them: Saving money is more important than saving lives.

Roy Crawford

Whitesburg

This story was originally published November 23, 2015 at 6:38 PM with the headline "Lives at risk."

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