Island Lake Opinion
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Don’t blame tea party for this messSep 07, 2011 11:00 pm - In rebuttal to Chrisi Vineyard’s Aug. 21 letter, she presents all the Democrat “War Room” talking points as if sent by the Democratic Central Committee, the exact twiste...
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Alternatives needed to tea party puppetsSep 07, 2011 4:00 am - The tea party understands what every gangbanger does — be rude to, over yell and over talk, those you want to intimidate. They know if you ignore the rules of order, dec...
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Retirement fund is all about taxesSep 06, 2011 5:00 am - The Aug. 18 Fence Post response by Mr. Dick Ingram, executive director of the Teachers’ Retirement System, to a previous Daily Herald article about TRS’ “big pension boo...
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Put spending money into hands of poorSep 06, 2011 5:00 am - Allowing the wealthy to have more money will not create jobs. Jobs don’t appear from higher profits or from larger investments; jobs are created when a company’s demand ...
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Where does cancer research money go?Sep 06, 2011 1:00 am - Virtually a day does not go by when you will read or see on TV a request for money for cancer research — walks and carwashes and outright begging for funds for cancer re...
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Illinois ethics laws need teethSep 06, 2011 1:00 am - Recently, Legislative Inspector General Tom Homer wrote members of the Illinois General Assembly urging action to put some teeth into the legislator ethics laws. Homer s...
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Pro-life/pro-war belies hypocrisySep 03, 2011 5:00 am - While anti-choice proponents profess to value life, it is only as a fetus, after which the conservative or right wing group opposes life survival social programs, care f...
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Cary parents can be part of solutionSep 02, 2011 5:00 am - Cary Elementary District 26 for years has had to borrow money to pay its bills. Last summer, leaders finally determined — after the state threatened to take control of t...
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Worthy goal should become a modelSep 01, 2011 5:00 am - First, some facts and figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control: Ÿ Obesity among children and adolescents has nearly tripled over the past 30 years — from just o...
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Don’t blame unions for financial messAug 30, 2011 5:02 am - The fact is that Wisconsin teachers made all the concessions that they were asked to make. The fact is that the new governors of Wisconsin, Indiana and Ohio want to stop...