Gurnee Opinion
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Is Kirk too independent?Aug 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Will Kirk's votes kill his candidacy? I read with interest the Daily Herald account of Congressman Mark Kirk's July 21 announcement to run as a Senate candidate from his...
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Energy bill nothing but big tax hikeAug 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Washington is trying to hand Illinois, and the rest of the nation, the largest tax increase in our history. The "cap-and-trade" scheme at the core of the energy tax bill...
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Time to stop waste, not add more debtAug 08, 2009 11:00 pm - I just read Tom Raum's article, "Carrying on U.S. tradition of debt." He states the mountain of debt could become the next economic crisis without firm action from Washi...
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Others should follow Torres' exampleJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - When Superintendent Jose Torres turned down an $8,140 pay raise and encouraged other Elgin Area School District U-46 administrators to do the same, maybe he was leading ...
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Kirk's position radical, unjustifiedJul 11, 2009 11:00 pm - My 10th District Congressman Mark Kirk has the dubious distinction of being the only Republican member of the Illinois congressional delegation, and one of only eight Re...
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Keep clean energy in good favorJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - An old-fashioned windmill might make a charming yard ornament, but the bigger, more modern version is getting attention these days in some suburbs. As the nation's ambit...
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Even Biden would be an improvementJul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - I don't know if we are at the end of World War II, III or IV, but wherever we are, it is a war. It is not a pleasant way to start a conversation but war has never been p...
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Wake up and smell the Obama effectJun 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Excuse me friends and neighbors, but I have been taking jabs at Obama for almost a year now - the effect has been a relatively unimpressed "huh?" We have an individual i...
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Electoral College belongs in trashJun 20, 2009 11:00 pm - While wading through about a Dumpster full of political material that I have been promising myself to dispose of for months, I ran across a stack of papers, 23 pages sta...
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Saturday SoapboxJun 19, 2009 11:00 pm - A second chance: Like many of us, perhaps you weren't ready when Flag Day came around June 14. There's still time before the Fourth of July to replace a tired, worn symb...