Bartlett Opinion
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Tired of heavy truck trafficJul 02, 2009 11:00 pm - I live in Elgin off Route 25. Day in, day out, big rig haulers have made a habit of using Route 25 as their "main drag." Liberty Street in Elgin is completely residentia...
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Too few flags flying around the suburbsJul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Another Flag Day has come and gone. I was driving the neighborhoods on Flag Day and was rather disappointed in the lack of U.S. flags on display and other signs of patri...
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Letterman's ratings ultimately will sufferJul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Did David Letterman say the right things in his apology? Certainly. Are there reasons to doubt his sincerity? Most certainly. I'll provide just two. First, his apology i...
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Salary freezes, other options availableJun 27, 2009 11:00 pm - In Aurora and Naperville, many organizations do an amazing job of serving those with autism, developmental disabilities, those who suffer from substance abuse and victim...
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Same old politics plague IllinoisJun 25, 2009 11:00 pm - All financial solutions are phrased as the ever popular and politically correct, "cuts need to be made!" (Cuts, in whose district? Every citizen would approve any cut th...
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In light of murder, is it really pro-life?Jun 25, 2009 11:00 pm - In his Fence Post letter last Saturday entitled "Choice of words shows bias in media", Ed Smetana raises a valid point. The media should depict both sides of the abortio...
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Don't govern by convenienceJun 25, 2009 11:00 pm - I was struck by a paraphrase of our fill-in Governor Quinn. He states in part that "As long as I'm governor, we're not going to have a convenient approach to the budget...
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Toll board member's pique good for us allJun 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Steven Harris is my new hero. Harris, a board member of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, did an everyman rave out at Thursday's meeting that provided great ins...
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Gay rights is not a civil rights issueJun 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Ms. Jedlinski, in her letter of June 7, is totally wrong in the idea that gay and lesbian behavior is a civil rights issue. It is not. Gays and lesbians have the same r...
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How quickly Gov. Quinn flippedJun 24, 2009 11:00 pm - It only took a few weeks for Governor Quinn to flip his "reform" views to those of the ruling politicians in Springfield and Chicago. His is a turncoat and a liar to the...