Itasca Opinion
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Does Roselle need a political party?Feb 03, 2011 11:00 pm - “All politics is local” is a phrase commonly used in politics — and nowhere are we seeing that more evident than in my hometown of Roselle. Three candidates runnin...
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Is this Quinn's idea of job creation?Feb 02, 2011 11:00 pm - Did lame duck state Rep. Careen Gordon sell her vote for a state job? This infers that the vote was hers to sell and we all know that Michael Madigan owns all the Democr...
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Is abortion irony lost on NOW?Feb 02, 2011 11:00 pm - The Jan. 30 article on the SpeakOut Illinois conference contains two glaring pieces of misinformation. The first states, “...the Roe v Wade...decision, which established...
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One's only 'trick' is bad-mouthing GOPFeb 02, 2011 11:00 pm - Is “one-trick pony” letter writer Walt Zlotow himself a one-trick pony? His letter of Jan. 22, denigrates three Republicans: U.S. Rep. Michelle Bachmann of Minnesota; Sh...
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Happy about tax-free pensions?Feb 02, 2011 11:00 pm - If you're not yet upset about the 2 percent state tax hike, here's something to add fuel to the flames. Did you know pensions are not taxable by the state of Illinois? S...
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Just a fluoride- industry sales pitchFeb 01, 2011 10:00 pm - I was disappointed to read this article which so boldly conjectured that fluoride should be used in bottled water. This is nothing but a fluoride industry sales pitch. I...
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Stop the excuses, pay pension fundFeb 01, 2011 10:00 pm - Some facts about the “lavish” pensions those evil public workers receive: In Illinois, I, along with all contractual employees, contributed up to 9 percent of my salary ...
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One thing never mentioned: The gunFeb 01, 2011 10:00 pm - The helicopter rotos are deafening. The spin is on to relieve the right of any culpability for the Tucson incident. Mental illness, which we ignore; remember Ronnie ...
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Left's outrage aims to bolster its agendaFeb 01, 2011 10:00 pm - I get tired reading Walt Zlotow's opinions that are nothing more than party line hypocrisy. Talk about a one-trick pony. Doesn't he realize that politics has been riddle...
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Why insist this 'right' continue?Feb 01, 2011 10:00 pm - On a recent weekend when thousands of young people marched in our nation's capital to protest abortion and witness to the sanctity of human life, President Obama marked ...