Bolingbrook Opinion
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Cop layoffs to save money a bad ideaNov 14, 2010 10:00 pm - I was reading an article on the front page of your Saturday, Nov. 13 edition of the newspaper. It is entitled “Why lay off cops now.” I think that laying off police offi...
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Impressed with Bartlett children's mannersNov 13, 2010 10:00 pm - Every Halloween, my husband and I look forward to seeing all the children in their costumes as they “trick or treat”. This year and last, we were so happy to see so many...
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Up to the voters to maintain scrutinyNov 12, 2010 10:00 pm - A sizable number of our citizenry can't name their own congressman much less one from a faraway district such as the Florida 22nd Congressional District along the Sunshi...
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Contrail mystery a little disconcertingNov 12, 2010 10:00 pm - The American people pay taxes so that the government may perform its duties, one of which is protecting our nation. If the Pentagon is so poorly coordinated that it does...
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Obama spending caused defeatNov 11, 2010 10:00 pm - President Obama claimed the midterm elections were a “referendum on the economy” and had nothing to do with his policies or those of the Democratic Party. He doesn't see...
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Saturday Soapbox: Neighbors helping neghborsNov 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Neighbors helping neighbors: Rarely do you see the level of community spirit we've seen lately exhibited by Elgin's downtown merchants. When Pat Keeney was hospital...
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Abortion letter was right onNov 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Regarding “Abortion protesters not wasting time:” Thank you Barbara A. Smith -Naperville. You verbalized all the thoughts I had when I read the same letter. It is so s...
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Be careful about moving country backwardNov 11, 2010 10:00 pm - We're taking our country back! To Where? To When? Should we return to when the top income tax rate was 91 percent when we had the greatest economic expansion in history...
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Penumbrated by extremist leftNov 10, 2010 10:00 pm - South Carolina is Jim DeMint's state, the same state that elected another Republican a woman with East Indian heritage and another tea party favorite to governor. You...
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Wise choice on state's attorney?Nov 10, 2010 10:00 pm - I'd like to talk about the impact the DuPage County Board had on reviving a dormant drug court, years ago. At the time, powers in the state's attorney's office didn't wa...