Glendale Heights Opinion
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How much pork in state's new budget?Jul 13, 2017 12:01 am - Well, Springfield does it again. More taxes, no reforms. I would be interested in the amount of "pork" in this so-called budget, and who benefits from it and how they vo...
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Today, TV's all about Trump havocJul 11, 2017 12:01 am - With past presidents, since the television set has come into households when I was a child, never had it been so disturbing. Even in the past 20 years, evening TV has b...
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Why we're losing manufacturing jobsJul 08, 2017 1:00 am - President Trump is on track to provide funds to revive manual training schools. A lot of our manufacturing jobs are exported for one simple reason, that being we sorely ...
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Tax burden driving another resident awayJul 03, 2017 1:00 am - I am retired, 77 years old, and am "cleaning out," hoping to find a home in another state with lower property and income taxes. My property tax in Milton Township is no...
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Thanks for showing kindness to a strangerJul 01, 2017 1:00 am - I had a strange senior moment in the Dress Barn in Bloomingdale last week. As I walked in the store, I realized I had no idea how I got there and where I parked my car. ...
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Thanks for kindness of a strangerJul 01, 2017 1:00 am - I had a strange senior moment in the Dress Barn in Bloomingdale last week. As I walked in the store, I realized I had no idea how I got there and where I parked my car. ...
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Wall between church and state must be builtJun 29, 2017 12:01 am - The Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution states, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." Thomas Jefferson himself wrote in a lett...
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BEWSF Awards $10,000 in Scholarship Money to Elmhurst StudentsJun 27, 2017 11:00 pm - The BEWSF (Brian E. Wagner Scholarship Fund) proudly celebrated their 7th year of operation by awarding five scholarships to high school seniors from the Elmhurst area. ...
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Terrorists are hardly 'responsible'Jun 26, 2017 1:00 am - The June 5 Daily Herald had a sub-headline "ISIS claims responsibility…" I read this within 24 hours of hearing an interview on NPR with Indira Latshmanan from the Poynt...
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Stand up to intrusion on our democracyJun 10, 2017 1:00 am - In 1787, Benjamin Franklin was asked, "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" With no hesitation whatsoever, Franklin responded, "A republic, if you ...