Opinion Stories from May 17, 2013 (Change date)
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Medical marijuana a step backwardMay 17, 2013 4:08 pm - On April 17, the Illinois House passed HB 1, often referred to as “medical marijuana” legislation, 61-57. On Friday, the state Senate followed suit with a 35-21 vote, an...
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Marijuana needed as a painkillerMay 17, 2013 4:08 pm - I remember meeting a woman on a cane who had multiple sclerosis, 5-foot-6, barely weighing 100 pounds with her bones distinctively visible through her skin. She told me ...
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Editorial: Brighter days for open recordsMay 17, 2013 12:05 pm - Illinois is one of the top states in the nation for transparency, an advocacy group for open government says. Or is it? Governments in Illinois turned down so many Freed...
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Not such strange bedfellowsMay 17, 2013 5:00 am - Breaking news: Conservative organizations suddenly have found common cause with one of their favorite objects of contempt — the benighted Mainstream Media. Or as the Tea...
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It’s time to end pension perkMay 17, 2013 5:00 am - With a defined-benefits pension, Illinois teachers and government employees are recipients of a perk that has long-ago disappeared from the private sector, with few exce...
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System has too many inconsistenciesMay 17, 2013 5:00 am - I believe reporters in general are not asking all of the right questions. First, why are some groups of people such as teachers and police allowed to opt out of the Soci...
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Taxpayers haven’t been treated ‘brutally’May 17, 2013 5:00 am - A few comments in the Daily Herald’s May 8 editorial (“A start, but more needed on pensions”) left me incredulous, speechless and angry! Saying that “the net effect of t...
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Use of fossil fuels hurts the poor mostMay 24, 2013 10:09 am - This is in response to Gerald Aleksy’s May 9 letter criticizing a protester of the Keystone XL pipeline. Mr. Aleksy begins by claiming, “Many qualified scientists dismis...
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Speaker has a new motivationMay 17, 2013 5:00 am - After decades of inaction, Speaker Michael Madigan has finally decided to develop a plan to address the pension system which, in its current form, is strangling the fina...
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Pension plus paycheck is gallingMay 17, 2013 5:00 am - While not widespread, one particularly galling aspect of Illinois pensions is the ability of individuals to retire from one government job, collect pension benefits and ...
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