Gilberts Opinion
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Editorial: Monitoring needed with drug program innovationJun 08, 2012 5:00 am - Change is a constant in criminal justice, and rightly so. Law enforcement officials and prosecutors who face funding cuts and pressure to keep crime stats low should be ...
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The ruling and the working classesJun 03, 2012 4:40 am - The May 27 edition of the Chicago Tribune featured two articles in the Business section that made me think of the Marxist principle of the struggle for power between the...
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Average pensioner left out in coldJun 02, 2012 4:40 am - For 30 years I worked at the Elgin Mental Health Center and paid the state for my retirement. It was not a well-paying job but I worked for a promised pension and health...
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To open up jobs, round up illegal immigrantsJun 02, 2012 4:40 am - Is there anything more infuriating than hearing a politician or government official say that it would be impossible for government to round up the estimated 10 million t...
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Police costs worthy of fresh look, tooJun 01, 2012 5:00 am - Whatever else you might say about the recent recession and prolonged recovery, it certainly has taught us in the suburbs to see many things in a new light. Sacred cows a...
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Is car dealer deal bad for St. Charles?Jun 01, 2012 4:40 am - The St. Charles City Council Planning and Development Committee wants the city to buy land that it doesn’t need at above market price for the benefit of a private busine...
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Democrats are the party of lawyersJun 01, 2012 4:00 am - Editor's note: It was brought to our attention that this letter was plagiarized from an article called "The Lawyers' Party" by Bruce Walker. We've included a links t...
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Church whistle-blower should be a heroMay 30, 2012 4:40 am - For months now, reports of money laundering, bribes and corruption in the Vatican, the not-so-holy state, have been reliably, but anonymously reported in reliable newspa...
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Cut weeds, Elgin, make roads saferMay 30, 2012 4:40 am - Over the years, Elgin’s public works department has been one of my favorite operations. I’ve always known this department’s employees to be honest, caring and going abov...
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Say no to Medicaid reform amendmentsMay 26, 2012 4:40 am - To cover a projected $2.7 billion increase in Medicaid program expenses for fiscal year 2013 that starts July 1, the Senate is proposing a Medicaid Reform bill SB 2840 i...