Deerfield Opinion
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Illinois must not abandon at-risk kidsMay 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Stacy was an unemployed, homeless teen mother with a newborn when she sought help from a youth service agency. Today, she lives in an apartment and is enrolled in school...
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Misericordia thanks volunteers, donorsMay 02, 2010 11:00 pm - There is a sports adage that speaks to the strength of the human spirit: "When the going gets tough, the tough get going". The caring citizens of Palatine and neighborin...
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Pass a state budget that funds servicesMay 02, 2010 11:00 pm - As recently reported in news accounts, a record number of people marched on Springfield to demonstrate support for a responsible state budget, including the need for ade...
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Dist. 15 going through wasteful exerciseMay 02, 2010 11:00 pm - I just walked out of the (District 15) meeting where I witnessed government at its worst. Knowing that there is a preponderance of opposition by the taxpayers to the bon...
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Emphasis on health will cut costs of careMay 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Regarding the April 17 Fence Post, "Giving up meat will resolve major issues", take heart Ms. Crawford. She wrote, "Was there any mention of promoting health and nutriti...
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Obama never was or will be on our sideMay 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Without a doubt, the selection of Obama as the Democratic candidate for president, makes some of the trades carried off by the Bears and Cubs look like an intellectual m...
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State is asking for 33 percent increaseMay 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Why does the Governor insist on talking about a 1 percent increase in tax for education? He means to raise the rate from 3 percent to 4 percent. That translates into a 3...
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We can't learn from distorted historyMay 01, 2010 11:00 pm - I am writing this letter after having just read an article titled "Historical reality of slaveholding can't be forgotten" by Eugene Robinson and printed in the Thursday ...
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Stupak proves votes are for sale in D.C.May 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Let April 9, 2010 be noted as the day Rep. Bart Stupak, a Michigan Democrat, closed the deal by resigning. After long battling the administration on the health care bill...
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We're taxed for care that isn't availableMay 01, 2010 11:00 pm - A funny thing is happening. People are looking for their new health care coverage, the one the president has promised us and they cannot find it, they are realizing it i...