Bartlett Opinion
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Clout peddling has consequencesJun 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Kudos to Chuck Goudie for his June 1, column, "Two top-paid state hires on hot seat for U of I clout list. However, good as it was, the column only touched the surface o...
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Argument is lost with stereotypeJun 17, 2009 11:00 pm - I wish to commend A.Y. Kirkland, Jr. and his excellent letter regarding Tom Tancredo, former Republican presidential candidate, and Tancredo's contradictory comments abo...
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Posies in the potty belong indoorsJun 17, 2009 11:00 pm - I am afraid that Lakemoor resident Tina Asmus, who has planters consisting of old toilets in her yard, is operating under the umbrella of confusion. Perhaps she has fai...
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Don't let lobbyists control CongressJun 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Ninety-three percent of Americans no longer trust their insurance companies. One hundred nineteen million Americans want a public health care option in the health care r...
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Cuts to services will cost state moreJun 17, 2009 11:00 pm - With a national budget crisis, trillions of dollars are available to bail out businesses that need help. At the same time, at state level, there are not the dollars ava...
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View sounds racist if you turn it aroundJun 17, 2009 11:00 pm - President Obama has nominated a liberal judge, Sonia Sotomayor, to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court. Senate Democrats will, of course, vote in lock-step for her conf...
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New law targets gang recruitmentJun 17, 2009 11:00 pm - With growing concerns about gang-related crimes in our neighborhoods, I wanted to take this time to highlight a particularly important piece of legislation that came out...
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We've had enough of Obama's CzarsJun 16, 2009 11:00 pm - At last count we are up to 15 Czars appointed by President Obama. They range from Car Czar, Bank Czar, Internet Czar, Great Lakes Czar, and the latest Pay Czar. If you'r...
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Bring the 2016 Olympics here!Jun 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Chicago would make a fantastic Host City for the Olympics in 2016. We have some of the best parks in the world, a beautiful lakefront, an exciting downtown, and the most...
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Let's hope signs of confidence just a startJun 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Nothing begets confidence like confidence. We've been in a collective clench for so long as businesses enormous and small have gone bankrupt or closed, jobs have been st...