Bartlett Opinion
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Durbin must be held accountableOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Illinois Senators Dick Durbin and Roland Burris were two of only seven senators who voted to continue federal funding for ACORN after their recent scandals. Of course Bu...
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Lower fine on red-light camera ticketsOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - The red light photo enforcement is a smart thing when it comes to avoiding accidents. But is it really avoiding them or causing them? I think a $100 ticket is ridiculous...
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It's time to embrace the metric systemOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Going metric will make life easier and less expensive for future generations. It is time to give up the eighths and sixteenths and use fractions that fit on our calculat...
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Unhappy with Comcast upgradeOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - I'm writing today to express my outrage concerning Comcast Cable with their forced upgrades to digital service for local consumers. Here in the Aurora and Montgomery are...
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Is 'national health' really inevitable?Oct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Americans seem to like the idea that stress is our national right. Kind of the foundation of the idea that we will take on the wild and unknown and shun the familiar and...
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Law should apply equally to allOct 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Steve Toye, in an Oct. 7 Fence Post letter, writes of hypocrisy from the extreme left. Hypocrisy exists in all groups and the extreme right are no exception. When Presid...
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Sept. 18: A truly special dayOct 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Friday, Sept. 18 was a particularly busy day in the Bloomingdale area where, among other things, a manhunt was taking place across the Western suburbs. But one of the th...
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Life in prison worse than deathOct 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Is the death penalty really the answer? Taking the life of someone who took the life of another person or persons doesn't bring those people back into this world. Unfort...
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Public option is the only optionOct 20, 2009 11:00 pm - We now know what the Republican plan is for health care reform. In his only town hall meeting, Eric Cantor, Republican Congressman and Republican Party Leader gave us th...
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Some things to add to health care debateOct 20, 2009 11:00 pm - With so much controversy over health care it is surprisingly difficult to find a condensed list of specific changes and claims being discussed in congress. Compared to o...