Itasca Opinion
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Pension funds worse than advertisedMay 13, 2011 12:00 am - Yes, pensions were promised, and the Illinois constitution defines them as an unbreakable contract. However, the same constitution says that lawmakers cannot spend more ...
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Bin Laden exploited us brilliantlyMay 13, 2011 12:00 am - Death may have ended Osama bin Laden’s terrorist career, but analysis of his legacy is just beginning. With a few hundred, or even just a few dozen operatives, and about...
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Public pensions should be privatizedMay 13, 2011 12:00 am - Dan Montgomery, president of the IFT, states that public workers pensions should not be cut because they pay into these pensions regularly. I don’t know what percentage ...
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Quinn holding towns hostageMay 13, 2011 12:00 am - The Village of Wayne vehemently disagrees with Gov. Quinn’s suggestion that the Local Government Distributive Fund payments to all Illinois municipalities and counties b...
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Let's get our schools out of the 1900sMay 13, 2011 12:00 am - It is time that school districts in Illinois give a serious look at year-around school. The idea of summer vacation, where students are off for two months, is outdated a...
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Better bin Laden headlines neededMay 13, 2011 12:00 am - I would like to see more responsible journalism by changing the headlines to read: “Victims of 9/11 unarmed,” rather than “bin Laden unarmed.” Pam Davis Lombard ...
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Bin Laden mission name: BeelzebubMay 13, 2011 12:00 am - Recently there has been some controversy over the code name given for the capture and killing of Osama bin Laden. Native Americans feel it is disrespectful to Geronimo, ...
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Celebrations live longer than children they honorMay 11, 2011 11:00 pm - If there ever has been a more prolonged tragedy than that of Jeanine Nicarico, I can't recall it. I remember well a story we did many years ago, noting how 10-year-old J...
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Pension liability woes overstatedMay 11, 2011 11:00 pm - The size of unfunded liabilities that state Rep. Darlene Senger refers to in her recent letter does not give a full view of the state's pension fund. Unfunded liabilitie...
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Fight TV, for morals of our childrenMay 11, 2011 11:00 pm - Has anyone watched CSI, a crime TV show? I have not, but because I am a member of Parents Television Council, and they recently updated me with information that this TV ...