Green Oaks Opinion
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Congress, president can get us on right pathJul 21, 2011 3:00 am - Fundamentally, our federal government’s fiscal problems have arisen from spending in excess of our income. We now borrow something like 40 cents for every dollar spent b...
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Fielders, Zion must play ball with fansJul 19, 2011 3:00 am - When the Lake County Fielders arrived two years ago along with plans for a new stadium in Zion, it was one of those feel-good stories about minor league baseball coming ...
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Who stole seniors’ Social Security?Jul 19, 2011 2:00 am - The Democrats have always told seniors their Social Security money was safe in a lockbox. President Obama has threatened seniors of withholding their August checks. What...
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Does Barrington lag in old-age planning?Jul 18, 2011 3:00 am - “Most communities are behind in planning for their aging populations,” says Carol Morello (syndicated column published June 27). Barrington has four senior residences fo...
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Recovery requires shared sacrificeJul 16, 2011 3:00 am - A few short years ago a Republican Congress under a Republican president led us into two unfunded wars, an unfunded Medicare drug benefit and tax cuts for the super rich...
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New map improves 10th DistrictJul 14, 2011 3:00 am - Limiting my observations to my own U.S. 10th Congressional District, the newly enacted-into-law redistricted boundaries represent a marked improvement over what we had b...
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Obama has kept the wrong promiseJul 13, 2011 12:00 am - Susan Estrich’s recent column touting the promises that Obama has kept screamed of selected recall. She seems to have forgotten the promise regarding transparency (think...
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Don’t forget about GOP-backed warJul 09, 2011 12:00 am - In response to Michael Hanley’s letter to the editor on May 28, he mentions all of the great things the Republicans did, but he also forgot what Richard Nixon did, and m...
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The SoapboxJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - Finally, a single card: We’re certainly on board with Pace, Metra and the CTA in their decision to finally go to a universal fair system — but by 2015? Seems a long time...
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Religion infringes on a civil rightJul 06, 2011 12:00 am - As Mr. Emmit Lehman’s June 17 rebuttal of my letter using most of his space to not once, but five times publicly question my political intent, nowhere in my letter or in...