Deerfield Opinion
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Incumbents use bullying tacticsMar 06, 2011 1:00 am - The Stevenson High School board incumbents are behaving like bullies — running a campaign based on name-calling, lies, and character assassination. In contrast, the thre...
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Rescind fraudulent health care lawMar 06, 2011 1:00 am - The fraudulent health control bill should definitely be rescinded. Socialized medicine does not work. There is more control and less medical care. In watching the hearin...
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Creationism is not scienceMar 06, 2011 1:00 am - I was astounded to read in the Daily Herald recently that all the candidates for the Lake Zurich US95 school district board feel that creationism should be taught in a s...
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One party system would unite U.S.Mar 06, 2011 1:00 am - The United States should move to a one-party system in order to eradicate the stagnation and immobilization caused by the oppositional politics carried on by the two par...
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Obama sabotaging his own health lawMar 05, 2011 11:00 pm - Opponents of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are many and varied. They include both small and large corporations, members and committees of Congress, appr...
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Endorsement: Schock for Elgin mayorMar 05, 2011 11:00 pm - In his 12 years as Elgin's mayor, Ed Schock has held a long view for the city: expand the industrial tax base, build higher-end homes to improve the property tax base an...
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Walsh right to fight reckless spendingMar 05, 2011 11:00 pm - Peggy Simonsen’s letter on Feb. 13 criticized new U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh for supposedly not recognizing “It’s the economy, stupid!” I don’t recall any such question from Pe...
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Help those who might injure othersMar 05, 2011 11:00 pm - In reply to Patti Siwicki’s comments in the Feb. 19 Fence Post with the headline “Words can motivate the less stable to act,” I would agree that the rhetoric should be t...
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Endorsement: Poynton, Rzeznik, Ernst in Lake ZurichMar 04, 2011 11:00 pm - The Lake Zurich village board faces many important issues, but none so critical as the downtown redevelopment plan stalled by a weak economy. All of the candidates for t...
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In Libertyville: Cullum, Proepper, JohnsonMar 04, 2011 11:00 pm - Libertyville has not been immune to economic problems in recent years, but the village board responded pragmatically to tighten its belt. Service and employee cuts were...