Glenview Opinion
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Tax the untaxed to balance budgetMay 10, 2011 12:00 am - It’s time politicians stop debating whether to raise taxes instead of finding a way to tax those income earners who pay little or no taxes. I’m talking about the crimin...
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Proposal opens door to easy rate hikesMay 10, 2011 12:00 am - Proposal opens door to easy rate hikes Your April 11 article about HB 14, automatic rate-hike legislation pushed by Ameren and ComEd (“Customer benefits debated in ...
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DREAM Act bad for AmericaMay 08, 2011 2:00 am - State Sen. Tom Johnson’s vocal support of the plan to create scholarships for immigrants’ children should cause outrage in every single citizen. If this is his way of ma...
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TV preacher doesn’t deserve GOP supportMay 08, 2011 12:00 am - According to a recent article in Church and State magazine written by Joseph L. Conn: Texas-based TV preacher Kenneth Copeland takes in millions in tax-deductible donati...
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Don’t cut budget at wildlife’s expenseMay 08, 2011 12:00 am - The 2011 congressional budget compromise included a horribly dreadful decision to delist majestic gray wolves from the endangered species list. This was done to placate ...
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Save our future generationMay 08, 2011 12:00 am - In response to Fence Post writer Melissa Riley and anyone who mistakenly believes that women have “freedom of choice” to end their pregnancies: The truth is women get ab...
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Get tougher against uninsured driversMay 04, 2011 12:00 am - This is in response to the recent letter in Fence Post by Pete Mayhew on uninsured motorists. I couldn’t agree more. In April 2010, my youngest daughter and a friend wer...
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Just what does Obama have time for?May 04, 2011 12:00 am - Isn’t it kind of hypocritical of our president to “not have time for silliness” when finally bringing his birth certificate forth, but he can fly into Chicago for a tapi...
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Public workers are self-sacrificingMay 04, 2011 12:00 am - Recently, a letter was published in Fence Post that called teachers, firemen and policemen “crybabies.” I wonder, does the writer really think that finding and carrying ...
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Three-prong fix to federal budgetMay 04, 2011 12:00 am - The best way to reduce the deficit is to get out of Iraq and Afghanistan, eliminate tax breaks for oil companies and multinational corporations sending jobs overseas and...