Deerfield Opinion
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Everyone is on a fixed incomeNov 13, 2009 10:00 pm - In the article entitled "Paratransit users plead with Pace," one of the statements quoted is "we're on fixed incomes." I am a senior citizen with no pension and my only...
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Can't use same size bandage on all cutsNov 13, 2009 10:00 pm - Phillip Procento's letter about the issue being resources not discrimination comes closer to the crux of the medical insurance issue, but the inflammatory word, discrimi...
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U-46 students should pay to playNov 13, 2009 10:00 pm - U-46 should take a lesson from the other area schools and increase participation fees. If you look at some of the private schools, you will see their athletic fees are a...
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Hey, politicians: Drop the mudNov 13, 2009 10:00 pm - Are any of you out there in TV land sick and tired of the political commercials coming across our TV sets? It seems like it was just yesterday we had a national election...
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Don't lose sight of bigger issueNov 13, 2009 10:00 pm - In your Oct. 14 front page article about Geneva consumer education teacher Dave Burk, who questioned public funding of a gay black man taking nude pictures of another ga...
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What's worth more: wars or good care?Nov 13, 2009 10:00 pm - I need health care reform and I want Congress to support it. I make a good living and cannot afford to be sick. I shudder to think about other Americans who are working ...
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Focus on similarities brings us togetherNov 13, 2009 10:00 pm - During the past few weeks, I have received e-mails and comments from area residents stating that they had read my letter to the editor in the Oct. 10 edition of the Dail...
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H1N1 problems are just the beginningNov 13, 2009 10:00 pm - President Obama has declared H1N1 swine flu a national emergency. So, what did we get? A limited number of inoculation locations, long lines, insufficient supply of vac...
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Bean's voting record is what's truly sickNov 13, 2009 10:00 pm - During the Congressional recess, we eagerly anticipated the Town Hall meeting we were sure Congresswoman Melissa Bean would host so that we could challenge her on the ab...
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Song cited has a different meaningNov 13, 2009 10:00 pm - Reading Mr. Tom Girardi's letter to editor about 1960s song "America Where Are You Now" - Daily Herald, Oct. 29 - I would like to clear up some facts. The song he is ref...