Gilberts Opinion
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Eliminate government worker pensionsSep 15, 2011 5:00 am - There is a lot of talk about cutting expenses to balance budgets in Illinois and Chicago but very little real results. Taxes and tolls have been increased and there is m...
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Leave cursive instruction aloneSep 15, 2011 5:00 am - I found your article about teaching cursive writing to our youth in the public schools very interesting, indeed. Having taught and served as principal in two schools in ...
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Get fact straight in tea party attacksSep 14, 2011 5:00 am - In a recent letter, the Kendall County Democratic Women joined the attacks on the tea party, blaming them for the U.S. debt downgrade. That’s clearly a false accusation ...
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Community college a valuable resourceSep 14, 2011 5:00 am - History has told us that as the economy sours, more and more people turn to their neighborhood community college to regroup, retrain and look for new careers. And that h...
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Moved by paper’s 9/11 coverageSep 14, 2011 5:00 am - I was dreading the rehash of the 9/11 tragedy that propelled our country into a decade of disastrous wars, but the Daily Herald anniversary edition corrected my mood. Yo...
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Fair Tax will fix host of financial illsSep 13, 2011 5:00 am - Tom Minnerick, in the Sept. 2 Daily Herald, notes that it is wrong to claim we benefit from “Made in China.” When we move production to Red China, the U.S. loses jobs, o...
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Never understood purpose of townshipsSep 13, 2011 5:00 am - Having read all about the salaries of our township supervisors, I am still highly confused about the purpose of townships. They are definitely entities that have not one...
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Gas/oil prices just don’t jibeSep 13, 2011 5:00 am - I would like to know why gas prices are increasing instead of decreasing. At $85 per barrel oil, the corresponding gas price for regular unleaded translates to around $3...
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Freedoms eroded in last 10 yearsSep 11, 2011 5:00 am - As we approach the 10th anniversary of 9/11, we are saddened by the memory of the thousands of lost lives and the many in this country who were affected by the heinous a...
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Debt percentages are fuzzy mathSep 10, 2011 5:00 am - I am writing in regard to the letter by Raleigh Sutton in Fence Post Sept. 3, titled “Who has gotten us in deeper debt?” Sutton lists the percent increase or decrease in...