Bartlett Opinion
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Telemarketers more honest than politiciansFeb 25, 2012 5:00 am - I see our federal representatives are once again attempting to rein an industry I find annoying: telemarketing. That’s good! Unfortunately, once again they have carved t...
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Wealthy Democrats have own agendaFeb 25, 2012 5:00 am - Increase taxes on the wealthy? This idea will not pass because if the Democrats had wanted to do this they could have when they had the majority in the House and Senate....
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Kifowit for House District 84, DemocratFeb 24, 2012 4:00 am - (This editorial was edited for clarification after initial publication.) The Democratic primary race in the 84th District of the Illinois House is a tough call. T...
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Support proposal to boost transparencyFeb 24, 2012 4:00 am - In its Feb. 17 editorial, “Nothing funny about corruption,” the Daily Herald states two things most people can agree with — first, that corruption is not funny, and seco...
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Six-month sentence sends poor messageFeb 24, 2012 4:00 am - DuPage County Circuit Court Judge Daniel P. Guerin’s Jan. 27 sentencing decision in the case of James W. French was an affront to victims of child sexual assault. The ju...
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Morrison for Senate Dist. 29, DemocratFeb 24, 2012 4:00 am - Susan Garrett will have represented the 29th state Senate district for 10 years when she retires in 2013. As a Democrat, she appealed to the independents who populate th...
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Gaffney for House District 52, GOPFeb 24, 2012 4:00 am - After the death of state Rep. Mark Beaubien last year, Kent Gaffney of Lake Barrington was tapped to fill his 52nd District seat. Aiming to keep the job, Gaffney now fac...
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Social Security just a political programFeb 23, 2012 11:00 pm - I read with interest that the Senate is not quite as stupid as the members of the House of Representatives. Of course, they just haven’t caved in yet. Most everyone agr...
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Understand the real breast cancer causesFeb 23, 2012 11:00 pm - If Planned Parenthood and Susan G. Komen were really in the business of “saving lives,” as they proclaim, they would inform women of the best ways to prevent breast canc...
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Dillard for Senate District 24, GOPFeb 23, 2012 11:00 pm - There’s something to say for political courage, and the challenger for the Republican seat in the 24th District Senate race says he has a lot of it. In his bid against l...