Carpentersville Opinion
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Unite to move country forwardSep 09, 2008 11:00 pm - I wanted to write a comment in this newspaper to remind everyone how important this election is to this country. For the last eight years we have seen our country go fro...
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Bean, Seals just don't get itSep 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Little reported was a June 26 vote in the House where 10th District Rep. Mark Kirk and 175 other Republicans blocked a House bill from coming to a vote aimed at preventi...
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Support Munson in 43rd House raceSep 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Everyone - Democrat, Republican or Independent - deserves a state representative who will fight for new jobs, roll back property taxes, restore ethics in government, pro...
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Economic theory is full of holesSep 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Thank you, Donald Totten, for your tutorial on Supply Side Economics, aka Trickle Down Economics on Aug. 30. Let's take Donald's simplistic theory and tweak it. Which is...
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Palin's politics smack of failureSep 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Watching Sarah Palin's speech last night was validation that John McCain plans to run his campaign with the same approach used by George W. Bush. He plans to stoke our f...
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Don't vote McCain because Hillary lostSep 04, 2008 11:00 pm - I can't speak for anyone else, but I am sick and tired of the Hillary Clinton supporters and their sense of personal injury that they didn't get what they wanted. The be...
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Don't worry about candidates' agesSep 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Mr. Lempa's comments on John McCain and the risks of electing a 72-year-old president made me smile. I have not made a voting decision yet, nor do I support either candi...
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Motivation needed in addition to classesSep 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Jose Torres faces a big job, considering the mess his predecessors have left. I appreciated his comments in the Daily Herald. I think his bicultural, bilingual backgroun...
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Raise income tax to support schoolsSep 02, 2008 11:00 pm - In Illinois we have very little pork in our state budget. But we have to work on the logic of taxing the poorest in Illinois to pay for our services. In Illinois if you ...
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Bean mailer misleads votersSep 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Today I received a mailer from the office of Congresswoman Melissa Bean, sent at taxpayers' expense. In the mailer Congresswoman Bean acknowledges "we need a strategic e...