Maple Park Opinion
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Thanks for supporting health care reformMar 29, 2010 11:00 pm - I would like to thank Congressman Bill Foster for his yes vote on health care reform. I know that it took courage. The big money and power of the health insurance indust...
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Springfield must be held accountableMar 29, 2010 11:00 pm - I have attended many school board meetings in my day, but the meeting on March 15 in U-46 was one of the saddest I have ever seen. In the Daily Herald's report on March ...
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Thanks to Farnham for opposing cutsMar 29, 2010 11:00 pm - I would like to thank Rep. Keith Farnham for holding a news conference to express his opposition to the cuts to local government that Gov. Quinn has placed in his propos...
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Time to get new tax manMar 27, 2010 11:00 pm - Pertaining to Phillip Weinstein's letter on March 13, I too am a senior citizen that received the $250 stimulus check. The difference is that when I got my tax refund th...
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Thanks for helping Ugandan schoolMar 27, 2010 11:00 pm - I would like to publicly thank a few area merchants for their unselfish support in helping my wife and me in raising money for the School for Physically Handicapped & Di...
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Obamacare: Is It Logical, Reasonable and Honest?Mar 26, 2010 11:00 pm - President Obama and proponents of the health care bill claim everyone can keep their doctor and insurance. They say the number of doctors will increase, services will im...
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Don't cut mental health servicesMar 26, 2010 11:00 pm - On March 10, Gov. Quinn proposed a state budget that cuts certain community mental health services for those with a mental illness by 44 percent. Other human services cu...
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Is health care law logical, honest?Mar 26, 2010 11:00 pm - President Obama and proponents of the health care bill claim everyone can keep their doctor and insurance. They say the number of doctors will increase, services will im...
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U-46: Use size to your advantageMar 26, 2010 11:00 pm - I am a product of U-46. I do not have children in the district; I am not a teacher. It seems to me that since the days of Marvin Edwards, through Connie Neale and contin...
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Senator trying to help U-46Mar 26, 2010 11:00 pm - As a parent with children in Elgin's public schools, I am very concerned about the hundreds of layoffs announced - particularly the more than 700 teachers. I also am ver...