Carol Stream Opinion
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Find out how other nations succeedSep 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Our health care system has reached the point where neither employer nor employee can easily afford the cost of coverage, and 47 million remain uninsured. Pre-existing c...
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A tax on unwanted mosquitoes?Sep 09, 2009 11:00 pm - I just paid my property tax bill and saw a charge there for $8.29 from the West Chicago Mosquito District. I have never bought any mosquitoes from West Chicago or anypla...
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Frightened for our studentsSep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - I am not only extremely disappointed in Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200's decision to not air for our children the president's speech, but frightened and concerned...
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Dist. 200 should be ashamed of itselfSep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 has decided not to allow the students to hear the President of the United States talk to them about the value of education. We have...
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How did this propangandize kids?Sep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - "Write a letter about how to help the president." Would someone explain to me how this is propagandizing children? 1. It was a suggestion, not an order. 2. Obama was el...
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Too much authority in hands of teachersSep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - As a retired superintendent of schools, I have followed with interest the controversy over President Obama's address to children about the importance of education in ind...
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No federal bailout for Ricketts' CubsSep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Now that Tom Ricketts has bought the Cubs look for the following to happen: One, the Cubs will push for a federal bailout to buy out the contracts of Soriano, Bradley, Z...
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What were school officials thinking?Sep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - This boggles the mind - the students in the schools with the lowest graduation rates such as Aurora West and Aurora East (75 percent and 71 percent respectively) - were ...
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District 200 made the right callSep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - I sometimes criticize Wheaton-Warrenville District 200, so I want to speak out when the district does something right - in this case, using classroom time for student le...
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Taking issue with Burt on KennedySep 07, 2009 11:00 pm - The accolades from Burt Constable in regard to Ted Kennedy and our government reek of ignorance and dependency. I dispute everything printed in that column. "Government...