Bartlett Opinion
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Support Gulf Coast restoration actMar 22, 2012 5:00 am - I’m a longtime volunteer, a small part of the large volunteer effort that helps restore natural areas within the DuPage County Forest Preserves. It’s fun, and rewarding....
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Furlough legislation not strong enoughMar 22, 2012 4:28 am - Your editorial in the March 11 edition that discussed the reduction of pay for state legislators was misleading. The pay reduction comments were most likely grounded in ...
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Free birth control for poor neededMar 22, 2012 4:28 am - I applaud President Barack Obama for facing the need for birth control. Single-parent homes are unable to support a family. Welfare and food stamps are a strain on the f...
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Reduce the rate of global warmingMar 22, 2012 4:28 am - I think most of us will agree that our earth is surrounded by a thin fragile atmosphere which we live and breath in. It has a finite amount of volume and is similar to a...
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Salaries, pensions strap universitiesMar 21, 2012 5:00 am - In a Fence Post letter of March 5, a University of Illinois-Chicago official, Mr. Mark Rosati, attempted to justify tuition increases at the College of Medicine. He stat...
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Pols need to sit at a kitchen tableMar 20, 2012 8:38 pm - I keep hearing Obama and his cronies telling everyone that the economy is improving. I ponder this while I am filling my gas tank for $3.99 a gallon while on my way to t...
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Much ‘smarter’ about smart metersMar 20, 2012 8:38 pm - I thought I was pretty smart on smart meters and the electric system, but now I am a whole lot “smarter.” On March 7, I attended the forth installment of public open hou...
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Amtrak funding cuts make no senseMar 20, 2012 5:25 am - Amtrak funding cuts make no sense I believe in controlling spending, but politicians who think they can balance the budget by taking away funding for Amtrak are mak...
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Herald ignores pro-gun lobby yet againMar 20, 2012 5:25 am - Herald ignores pro-gun lobby yet again And so, once again, the Daily Herald decided not to inform its readers of the actions of the pro-gun movement in Illinois. Th...
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Why the media urge to crucify Rush?Mar 20, 2012 5:25 am - Why the media urge to crucify Rush? The media is so very “politically correct” that we wonder how the media bias is not recognized by the average American citizen, ...