Opinion Stories from January 21, 2012 (Change date)
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GOP will extend ‘good old days’Jan 21, 2012 5:00 am - The Wall Street Barons who sold fraudulent subprime loans, disguised them as derivatives, and then made billions betting against them, have been immune from prosecution....
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Why follow Grover Norquist?Jan 21, 2012 5:00 am - I just learned that all 11 Republican U.S. Congressmen from Illinois and its lone Republican Senator signed Grover Norquist’s Taxpayer Protection Pledge. That’s the equi...
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Enact, uphold sprinkler lawsJan 21, 2012 5:00 am - Recent tragedies in the city of Chicago and surrounding suburbs have called to attention life safety ordinances, or lack thereof. It is an absolute shame it takes severe...
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Mercury is a neurotoxinJan 21, 2012 5:00 am - I am writing in rebuttal to the letter posted Jan. 15 by Donn Dears titled “EPA’s war against coal a disservice.” First, it must be noted that Mr. Dears is a self-styled...
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Don’t fall for scamJan 21, 2012 5:00 am - I feel that this information needs to get out to all the people in the area, especially the retired people in the Sugar Grove and even the Aurora area. There is a new sc...
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Ex-NFL players knew the job was dangerousJan 21, 2012 4:00 am - RE: NFL Concussions It is unbelievable to me that professional football players are now suing the NFL for their injuries. There is a concept in law called “Assumption of...
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Executive orders threaten libertiesJan 21, 2012 4:00 am - Congress recently passed a new defense authorizing bill, and one of the unique extra items that was sneaked into it was a provision that virtually destroys our Constitut...
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Better priorities needed in MundeleinJan 21, 2012 4:00 am - Just a note to our Mundelein village trustees: Quit wasting our tax money. We, the taxpaying residents of Mundelein, are tired of you spending our money on things that ...
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ID’s for voting not hard to obtainJan 21, 2012 4:00 am - Should a photo ID be required to deter voter fraud? I say yes. In the Jan. 12 op-ed column by Esther Cepeda, Heather Smith (of Rock the Vote) states “there is still a sp...
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The past is still with us in the presentJan 21, 2012 4:00 am - Is it just me, or did anyone else find the picture in the Jan. 17 edition of the Daily Herald accompanying the article on Page 2 regarding the honoring of Dr. Martin Lut...
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