Gages Lake Opinion
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Kirk not listening to his constituentsApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - I felt the necessity to write my local congressman Mark Kirk. I usually don't get a response and I felt that it was important to tell the public that some of the people ...
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Bean not much of a 'representativeApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - The health care debate and its passage has been a polarizing issue, polarizing on the constituents and their representatives. Any poll of the 8th Congressional District ...
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Bravo to Bean for backing her peopleApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - The health care reform legislation is not perfect. Neither were the Bush tax cuts, a uniquely financed Iraq war, or the Medicare Reform Act that banned any effort to lev...
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Pension plan hurts wrong peopleApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - The "pension reform" rushed through the legislature is a drastic solution that punishes the blameless for a problem created by government mismanagement. The only reason ...
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A creative way to do more for lessApr 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Call it a vote for fiscal restraint. It came last week in Hainesville, where village officials decided to live within their means and replace, rather than expand, the tw...
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Become familiar with invasive speciesApr 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Day by day the world is getting smaller, shrinking due to improvements in transportation and communications. Global economics rule the marketplace. Uncounted benefits ac...
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It's about business, not about socialismApr 19, 2010 11:00 pm - I've grown tired of the diatribe about socialism, big government and free markets. Those who blog about these things do so on the Internet built by DARPA, using computer...
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Be alert and keep work zones safeApr 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Two-hour trips on the Eisenhower Expressway. Lane closures on I-355. Construction on roads that otherwise might be used as alternates from both of those projects. It's e...
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Solve crisis the way early settlers didApr 17, 2010 11:00 pm - We are facing a crisis in government. A virus, in the form of liberalism and socialism, has infected the fabric of our Constitution. The first visible impact occurred du...
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Supports plan to increase aid fundingApr 17, 2010 11:00 pm - I am glad to see money going to help students be able to attend college. Anything we can do to help educate our children to keep pace with other countries and help them ...