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Contractors should have to post a bond

By Monitor staff

On Monday the Monitor published yet another story about the victims of a contractor who took thousands of dollars up front from homeowners who wanted work done. Complaints about contractors who pocket the deposit and never perform the work, or do a shoddy job and disappear, outnumber almost any other in the annals of the attorney general's office. Often those contractors move down the road, set up a business under a new name and continue to bilk customers. Lawmakers have sponsored legislation requiring the licensing of contractors in the past - an approach… 2

May 25, 2012
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Report To Readers

About that cartoon . . .

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May 24, 2012
Letter

Retract it, apologize

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May 24, 2012
Letter

We are shocked and disgusted

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Sad and shameful

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Monitor editorial

Legalize the medical use of marijuana

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