Glen Ellyn Opinion
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Does Senger have her priorities straight?Jul 13, 2009 11:00 pm - I have two concerns related to the June 28 letter from state Rep. Darlene Senger. First, I question this space as the proper forum for elected officials to conduct what ...
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Transplant drug coverage bill long overdueJul 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Nineteen years ago, my brother gave me one of his kidneys. Like other kidney transplant recipients, each day I must take immunosuppressive drugs which help prevent rejec...
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Budget catastrophic to DuPage servicesJul 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Budget catastrophic to DuPage services On May 31, the Illinois legislature passed a budget that cuts in half funding for health and human services. This means that many ...
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'Katrina' will fall on our most vulnerableJul 11, 2009 11:00 pm - "This is our Katrina," the staff member from the Ray Graham Association said at a meeting for handicapped adults, their families and friends who assembled to prepare for...
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A simple question for lawmakersJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - I have a simple question for each and every senator and Congressperson: Will you give up your very generous taxpayer-provided health care program for the program that yo...
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Drive a spike through gamblingJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Gambling expansion is making enablers of us all. We are enabling the destruction of families within our communities knowing very well that greater ease of gambling bring...
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Odious options in budget crisisJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Regarding our new state budget cut, I would like to say that neither option of raising taxes or cutting state funded programs are right. Higher taxes mean we have to rea...
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Heroes beacon of hope in murky timesJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - I am moved to write to express my profound admiration and thanks for the actions of Scott Laine and Bob Jewell in saving the life of a man caught in a burning SUV on Jun...
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Obama spending out of controlJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Government spending is going out of control under President Obama. Since World War II, federal spending was about 20 percent of the gross domestic product. But under Oba...
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Budget catastrophic to DuPage servicesJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - On May 31, the Illinois legislature passed a budget that cuts in half funding for health and human services. This means that many of the programs that keep our DuPage-ar...