Addison Opinion
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Free pass for Section 8 fraudMay 27, 2009 11:00 pm - When businesses take bailout money, they become subject to intense governmental scrutiny. Structure, salaries, products and advertisement suddenly fall under governmenta...
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We have to raise state income taxMay 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Cutting state spending as a viable alternative to solving our state's budget shortfall is a myth we have a responsibility to dispel. No one can rationally argue that i...
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Get cracking on ethics reformMay 23, 2009 11:00 pm - The Bloomingdale Township Democratic Organization would like to commend the Daily Herald for their recent coverage of ethics reform, both on the front page and in the ed...
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Beware scams on one-time gov. checksMay 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Social Security beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients will be happy to know that issuance of the special one-time $250 American Recovery and Re...
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Musings about Drew, contracts and Route 59May 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Some random thoughts from your friendly DuPage editor, a Friday Soapbox, if you will ... We're on the case In case you didn't notice, our coverage of the Drew Peterson ...
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Driscoll's final graduation; we hope to be thereMay 14, 2009 11:00 pm - The end, alas, is almost here for Driscoll Catholic High School in Addison. Today is the final day of classes for seniors, who will be practicing for the school's final ...
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Complaint about fundraiser off baseMay 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Bob Peickert's letter regarding my fundraiser was, as usual, incorrect and off base. My support from organized labor was there when I first ran four years ago. I have k...
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Perils are many of 'morning-after' pillMay 08, 2009 11:00 pm - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the sale of the "morning-after" pill without a prescription to people as young as 17. Parents should be very angry tha...
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Emissions tax will cost us $3,100 a yearMay 08, 2009 11:00 pm - I contacted Congressman Peter Roskam's Bloomingdale office and inquired about the hard figure cost for this greenhouse gas emissions tax the legislature wants to force o...
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Democrat's ire is hypocriticalMay 08, 2009 11:00 pm - How do you spell "hypocrite?" P-E-I-C-K-E-R-T. That's the best definition there is after reading DuPage County Democratic Chairman Bob Peickert's May 2 letter to the edi...