Gilberts Opinion
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LWV nonpartisan, not neutralFeb 18, 2011 12:00 am - A recent letter questioned the neutrality of the League of Women Voters which wrote in support of Illinois’s recent tax increase. This question does not recognize the di...
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Let’s watch drug companies, tooFeb 18, 2011 12:00 am - With the Republican Party determined to undermine President Obama’s Health Care Reform Act I would love to see them direct some of their energy toward the pharmaceutical...
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Who benefits from New World Order?Feb 18, 2011 12:00 am - Hopefully the irony of Charles Krauthammer’s Feb. 7 column is not lost on the masses. Leo Strauss, the father of the neoconservative movement, of which Krauthammer is de...
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The Soapbox: Good citizensFeb 18, 2011 12:00 am - Fearing retribution, witnesses sometimes keep quiet about gang-related crimes. Residents of an apartment complex in Prospect Heights deserve credit for steering police t...
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Further reform health care reformFeb 18, 2011 12:00 am - Until the U.S. is willing to provide health care instead of having to pay insurance companies for health insurance, we, the ordinary people, need the Affordable Care Act...
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You can make dent in $14 trillion debtFeb 17, 2011 11:00 pm - When your credit card hits its $2,000 limit, the credit card company generally responds not with a firm letter telling you to stop spending more money than you make, but...
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Innovation and school consolidationFeb 17, 2011 10:00 pm - The suburbs are home to loads of public school systems. Just under 300 of them, all told, located here in the six-county area around Chicago. That represents about a thi...
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Plan to pay debt is snow jobFeb 17, 2011 12:00 am - Our governor seeks support for a debt restructuring plan to pay Illinois’ bills promoting Senate Bill 3. He says the tax increases to individuals and businesses of 67 an...
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Fire district heads down risky pathFeb 17, 2011 12:00 am - Your boss won't give you a raise and the guy who has been cutting your grass for years — for whatever reason, you can't do it yourself — raises his rate to offset higher...
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Revoke licenses of bad docsFeb 17, 2011 12:00 am - I want to commend State Representative Jack Franks for introducing legislation to protect your constituents and all Illinoisans. Rep. Franks recently filed legislation t...