Island Lake Opinion
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Print better opposing viewsSep 17, 2010 11:00 pm - I had to read the Sept. 14 Fence Post letter by Helen Clark of Algonquin three times before I could make any sense at all of her assertion that the "foreigners" living h...
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Kirk's background needed in SenateSep 17, 2010 11:00 pm - As someone who met Mark Kirk during his first campaign for Congress, I've been proud to support him then and in every election since. Mark has been a leader on fiscal i...
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No bathrooms in Fox River Grove public works garage?Sep 17, 2010 11:00 pm - I live in Fox River Grove and the brain trust sinking the village have reached a new low. In less than two weeks, three of the brain trust want to approve a public works...
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Kirk would help restore balanceSep 17, 2010 11:00 pm - A vote for Mark Kirk for U.S. Senate is a vote for the return of the two-party system in the United States and in Illinois, a state that has been marked by the corruptio...
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Kirk is not a true fiscal conservativeSep 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Mark Kirk has consistently promoted himself as a fiscal conservative. However, his voting record does not back up that claim. His votes for the Bush tax cuts of 2001 and...
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Thanks to all who celebrated a heroSep 16, 2010 11:00 pm - On Friday, Aug. 27, I had the honor and privilege of being part of the many who paid tribute to a hero. My nephew Christopher "CJ" Boyd was killed in Afghanistan on Thu...
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Insult to juror missed the pointSep 16, 2010 11:00 pm - I am stunned by the disparaging and disturbingly un-American Fence Post letter by Bill Hurlbutt of Lincolnshire that recklessly characterizes the lone holdout on the Bla...
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Government excess not just about fedsSep 16, 2010 11:00 pm - The Daily Herald opinion piece, "Fines must be linked to public safety," hit the nail on the head. What the Daily Herald has exposed is a growing trend in local governme...
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Social Security can't be sustainedSep 16, 2010 11:00 pm - This is in response to Ms. Rossi's letter on Social Security. Social Security is the biggest Ponzi scheme in the world. Right now it consumes 20.8 percent of all the mon...
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What qualifications does Alexi have?Sep 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Regarding the president's endorsement of Alexi Giannoulias for the important position of U.S. Senator: I will vote for Giannoulias for U.S. Senator as soon as the Pope o...