Opinion Stories from August 16, 2011 (Change date)
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Shortsighted to cut federal workforceAug 16, 2011 5:16 am - As a federal employee, I am writing to ask that everybody oppose S. 1476, the “Federal Workforce Reduction and Reform Act of 2011.” The bill, introduced by Republican Se...
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Don’t just blame pols on immigrationAug 16, 2011 5:16 am - I can understand Americans having different opinions on issues such as abortion, gun control, death penalty. There are some issues, however, where I don’t understand why...
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Catch the irony in tea party’s stanceAug 16, 2011 5:16 am - Am I the only person who has noticed that our tea party patriots who so steadfastly proclaim the sanctity of the Constitution as the Founders wrote it are now insisting ...
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Untrending PalinAug 16, 2011 5:16 am - The latest trend in the media world is “trending.” That is, monitoring what people are buzzing about and directing coverage accordingly. Just as the unspoken sometimes ...
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Clueless in WashingtonAug 16, 2011 5:16 am - It’s sobering that three-fourths of Americans, according to a new Washington Post poll, have little or no confidence in our elected leaders to solve the nation’s economi...
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Walsh is doing what he promised to doAug 16, 2011 5:16 am - Just when the Northwest suburbs get Joe Walsh as their congressman to lead the fight in changing the out-of-control spending in Washington, the Daily Herald sees fit to ...
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Help me stop bus center on RandallAug 16, 2011 5:16 am - On Aug. 8, the St. Charles planning committee voted 7-2 to allow two properties on Randall Road, between Route 64 and Dean Street, to be used as a bus maintenance and di...
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Aurora parade an unqualified successAug 16, 2011 5:16 am - As commander of the Roosevelt-Aurora American Legion Post 84, I would like to thank all the people who came to the celebrate Independence Day at the Fourth of July parad...
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I want a real tea party revoltAug 16, 2011 5:16 am - I want my country back. Our country was founded by people, for people and made up of people. We had the original tea party to protest against our tax money going to pay ...
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Positive change coming to Island Lake?Aug 16, 2011 8:27 am - For more than a year, the Island Lake village board has needed to change the way it conducted itself. It has been a group noted for dysfunctional relationships that put ...
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