Island Lake Opinion
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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...
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Put on a hat or get back to workAug 30, 2011 5:02 am - You ask if the job has aged President Obama? No, the sun has from all that golf. Marguerite Jackson Algonquin ...
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Cooperation key in foreclosure blightAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - There is no shortage of reminders these days of the recession and the snail’s pace of its recovery. It is emphasized in a palpable fear and uncertainty of what may still...
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The SoapboxAug 27, 2011 5:00 am - At last, a memorial: We and other organizations have long called for a memorial marking the deadliest airliner accident on U.S. soil. Finally, 32 years after Flight 191 ...