Bartlett Opinion
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Don't single out pit bullsJul 16, 2009 11:00 pm - I would just like to provide a comment on the "dog issue/ban" discussions that may be going on within the city of Elgin. I have lived in Elgin for 25 years, the past 10-...
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Stop paying health care for noncitizensJul 16, 2009 11:00 pm - I will take the state budget "crisis" more seriously when we stop providing Medicaid coverage to noncitizens. Many of the people we have been covering are not poor. In f...
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Not griping about all county workersJul 16, 2009 11:00 pm - In response to Joe Bauer and his ill-informed commentary in the July 5 Fence Post regarding my initial letter about Du Page County hiring practices: Mr. Bauer claims to ...
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Vouchers better than health-care planJul 15, 2009 11:00 pm - I agree 100 percent with U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam's opposition to Mr. Obama's public health care plan. Supporters of Mr. Obama's health care plan constantly use "affordabi...
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If dangerous, then no turns on redJul 15, 2009 11:00 pm - I agree with Sen. Dan Duffy's letter published Wednesday. If these red-light camera intersections are supposed to be so dangerous why not put no turn on red signs at the...
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Save us money, restrict turns on redJul 15, 2009 11:00 pm - I just read the letter from state Sen. Dan Duffy of Barrington. I agree with him completely. The red light camera, such as the one at Woodfield, has caused drivers more ...
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Please explain health-care planJul 15, 2009 11:00 pm - OK. So everyone is going to get health insurance and it will "only" cost the U.S. taxpayers $600 billion to get a government-backed program that will expand coverage, pr...
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Strategy for Iraq, Pakistan flawedJul 15, 2009 11:00 pm - The drone attacks against Pakistan must be stopped. The reason lies deep in the culture of the Mid East. For every innocent maiming and death these attacks cause, vows o...
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Capitalism not cause of health care woesJul 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Diana Niesman's June 1 letter has quite an ironic title, considering its content: "Public doesn't grasp health-care problem." Ms. Niesman herself has difficulty comprehe...
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State must stand for something, BobJul 15, 2009 11:00 pm - DuPage County Board Chairman Bob Schillerstrom has been quoted as saying that "The state cannot afford to be all things to all people." Absolutely, Bob, you are right. C...