Ingleside Opinion
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Big government equals big businessMay 15, 2010 11:00 pm - The Democrats in Washington seem to want to generate new laws and regulation with every situation that comes along. Do you realize some of these regulations have been lo...
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GOP seems mostly afraid of votersMay 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Most of the discussion regarding the recently enacted Arizona illegal immigrant ID law has focused on whether or not it mandates racial profiling. However, lost in the d...
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Need stronger stance on abuseMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Bishop Thomas Paprocki of the Springfield Diocese said earlier that child abuse lawsuits are cutting into charitable works. Catholic charities, senior living and hospita...
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Not much on which to fault GiannouliasMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Mark Kirk has apparently found only one issue with which to attack Alexi Giannoulias. That is the family bank. This is in itself a testimonial to Giannoulias. To hang th...
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Teachers are pension scapegoatsMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - No one could express the problem with the state pension shortfall more precisely and concisely than did Mr. Randall in his letter May 9. He said "... Illinois has the wo...
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Other states should follow Arizona's leadMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - The Arizona governor signed off on checking for illegals. Hopefully other states will follow suit. If you are here illegally, then you need to go. If you are here legall...
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Attacks up since Obama took overMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - While I and other people may not agree on all the policies enacted by former President George Bush, there can be no doubt that after Sept. 11 we remained free from acts ...
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Unions drive up cost of teacher pensionsMay 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Your recent Sunday editorial on Springfield's broken promise on pensions makes an important point, but if the key question is accountability, you gave the teacher's unio...
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The real cost of gun controlMay 10, 2010 11:00 pm - After hearing the news that consideration was being given to National Guard troops being dispatched to the city of Chicago to quell violence, I wanted to take the opport...
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Union advice must be good, right?May 10, 2010 11:00 pm - I noticed an article in the Daily Herald with the caption "State poised to miss pension payments." Then I recalled two recent conversations with teachers from separate s...