Bloomingdale Opinion
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Peickert probe of paper route next?Aug 12, 2009 11:00 pm - In his last letter, DuPage Democrat Party Chairman Bob Peickert exhibited all the reasons why voters dislike politics and politicians. Voters hate personal attacks and m...
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Wheaton Band Festival a team effortAug 11, 2009 11:00 pm - We appreciate the coverage that the Daily Herald gave to our 10th annual Wheaton Band Festival in July. The items in "Mark Your Calendar" and "Out and About" and Robert ...
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Single-payer makes the most senseAug 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Only single-payer can fix the problems in the our current health-care system. Only single-payer automatically covers everyone and effectively eliminates overhead waste o...
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Buy a car? Congrats, you're richAug 11, 2009 11:00 pm - We still so often hear about Bush's famed "tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans." I'm wondering why I'm not hearing anything so far about Obama's tax cut for the wealth...
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Town hall by phone sounds like a cop-outAug 11, 2009 11:00 pm - I called 14th District Congressman Bill Foster's office recently to ask when he might be having town hall meetings during the August recess. I was told that they could n...
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Hard to see dispute over health careAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Being from a country where public health care was established after World War II, I find it very hard to understand why this option is such a point of dispute in this co...
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Columnist misses mark in Gates flapAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Columnist Susan Estrich ("Change the realities of racism first") has a very strange take on reality. She proposes that it's appropriate for police officers to treat blac...
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Can't spend our way out of debtAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - The news on the Aug 1 weekend was all about the "cash for clunkers" run on car dealerships. President Obama informed us that $1 billion would be enough. In four days tha...
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McGuire politics hurt Hanover Twp.Aug 09, 2009 11:00 pm - I would like to shine some light on the unfortunate state of affairs at Hanover Township since the April election. Like many others, I have fallen victim to Brian McGuir...
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U.S. Senators don't control police grantsAug 09, 2009 11:00 pm - The "Saturday Soapbox" column implied that U.S. Senators could direct federal grant money under the COPS Hiring Program to specific communities. That's not the case. Whi...