Glenview Opinion
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The poor are being overtaxedApr 28, 2012 5:00 am - Here’s a thought for President Obama. Instead of raising tax on the rich who pay most of the taxes anyway, why not lower the tax on the poor? We pay enough already throu...
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Attended rally to support COD facultyApr 27, 2012 1:00 am - The article in the April 20 Daily Herald made reference to comments made by me at a rally of the faculty on Thursday. The reporter claimed that my comments identified Ki...
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Pay for road builders like health careApr 26, 2012 7:54 pm - With Illinois in the midst of a budget crisis and plans under way to make widespread deep cuts in payments to hospitals, doctors and other health services providers, Gov...
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Voter ID needed more than everApr 26, 2012 5:00 am - A recent writer to the Fencepost, Mr. James Prescott, joined with a few other misguided people in claiming that voter identification is an effort to discourage minoritie...
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Republican Party not what it wasApr 26, 2012 5:00 am - I used to have a lot of respect for both the Democratic and Republican parties. Not so much any more. “Back in the day,” both were able to maintain their moderate-libera...
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Alternative views were neededApr 26, 2012 5:00 am - The April 17 Fence Post letter “Why the Catholic Church has it right” clears up some questions I personally have had for 50 years. I want to thank Mr. Peter Nordlund for...
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Once they vote, what can taxpayers do?Apr 26, 2012 5:00 am - I agree with everything in your April 16 editorial, “Stop the pension penalty insanity.” What I want to know is how we taxpayers can do that? We seem to have no control ...
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A civics lesson to rememberApr 26, 2012 5:00 am - When President Kennedy was killed in 1963, I was in my second year at Northern Illinois University and was getting ready to go to my next scheduled class which was “civi...
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Carlin remarks cast a chill on CODApr 26, 2012 1:00 am - Thursday evening, April 19, College of DuPage Board Chairman David Carlin changed the tone of negotiations and cast a chill on the working relationships at the college. ...
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News media marked by subtle biasesApr 25, 2012 5:00 am - Growing up in Chicago in the early 1960s, I often heard the joke that if the Sun-Times forecast sunny, the Tribune would forecast cloudy. Always opposing viewpoints, but...