Bartlett Opinion
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Saturday SoapboxAug 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Jan Schakowsky, Ms. Party Line: Last week, we talked attendance in the 110th Congress; this week, it's partisanship. Who votes with his or her party most often? In the s...
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Bean not standing up for constituentsAug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - As a citizen of Melissa Bean's district it is important that we know what kind of contributions our current representative is accepting from PACs. Campaigning should not...
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CN needs to do right thingAug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - I find it almost unbelievable the unmitigated gall that the CN, a foreign company, has been showing in their attempt to purchase the EJ&E railroad. Now they want a court...
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Bean a Congressional truantAug 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Sometimes missing, Melissa Bean: What member of the suburban delegation to the U.S. House has missed the most votes in the 110th Congress? A Soapbox Dart to Barringt...
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Day of Giving great way to battle apathy in troubled timesAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Philanthropy, I'll bet, is on a downswing. People are struggling to pay for a tank of gas, food at the store and other essentials; how can they find money to give to ch...
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Back to basics on homeownershipAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - "Rescuing an ailing housing market is good for votes in an election year." Not my vote, and I hope the votes of all of us who bought our homes the old fashioned, respons...
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Frivolous suit costs U-46 school moneyAug 13, 2008 11:00 pm - The class-action, racial bias lawsuit filed by five Elgin families against the U-46 school district has already cost the students of this district more that $4.6 million...
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CN/EJ&E merger needs long viewAug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Your article ("Fighting Over Trains," July 13) was some of the most balanced and insightful reporting I've seen on the long-simmering fight over the EJ&E. Looking at his...
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Let's pack BHS for CN hearingAug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Greater Barrington! We need you one more time on the train issue! On Aug. 27, 2008 there will be a public hearing in the presence of the U.S. Surface Transportation Boar...
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Saturday Soapbox: DuPage County and Fox ValleyAug 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Time for an explanation: The wall of silence Naperville's park district board has created around recently hired executive director Daniel Betts' sudden "leave of absence...