Maple Park Opinion
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Foster stood up to insurance lobbyistsNov 17, 2009 10:00 pm - Thank you so much, Bill Foster, for your courage against tremendous pressure from the insurance industry lobbyists in giving your support to H.R. 3962. Thank you for sta...
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NCLB unrealistic measure of schoolsNov 16, 2009 10:00 pm - Though well intended, the "No Child Left Behind" legislation and its counterproductive intimidation of our teachers, administrators and school support personnel falls sh...
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The law is the law until you change itNov 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Well, I see here another letter using the "cheap labor" argument to justify ignoring the problem of illegal aliens. Hey, if cheap labor is the objective, let's just brin...
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Bravo to Foster on health care voteNov 14, 2009 10:00 pm - I'd like to thank Rep. Bill Foster for his vote on H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act. This is a historic moment in America, and Rep. Foster was on th...
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GOP must come to table on health billNov 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Thankfully, the House of Representatives passed the Affordable Health Care Act. Maybe now we can ensure that Americans can get affordable care, especially preventive car...
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Health care a moral, not ideological issueNov 14, 2009 10:00 pm - I congratulate U.S. Rep. Bill Foster for his courageous vote on health care reform, thus placing people ahead of profits. There is no doubt the country is deeply divided...
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U-46 students should pay to playNov 13, 2009 10:00 pm - U-46 should take a lesson from the other area schools and increase participation fees. If you look at some of the private schools, you will see their athletic fees are a...
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Hey, politicians: Drop the mudNov 13, 2009 10:00 pm - Are any of you out there in TV land sick and tired of the political commercials coming across our TV sets? It seems like it was just yesterday we had a national election...
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VA is helping to combat ALSNov 13, 2009 10:00 pm - Many readers may recall that the Veterans Administration mistakenly sent a letter to thousands of veterans earlier this year informing them that they had been diagnosed ...
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Don't lose sight of bigger issueNov 13, 2009 10:00 pm - In your Oct. 14 front page article about Geneva consumer education teacher Dave Burk, who questioned public funding of a gay black man taking nude pictures of another ga...