Marengo Opinion
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Imports ruin employmentFeb 11, 2012 5:08 am - Deficit trade, massive deindustrialization and the overvalued dollar exported our jobs overseas. Monopoly American manufacturers moved overseas, returning foreign produc...
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Komen right to cut off Planned ParenthoodFeb 09, 2012 5:00 am - Your Associated Press article implies the only reason the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation suspended funding to Planned Parenthood is because of a politically moti...
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Corporate campaign donations must stopFeb 09, 2012 5:00 am - Perhaps the greatest danger facing our democracy today is the excessive infusion of corporate money into our election process. The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Citiz...
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GOP should stop bashing ObamaFeb 07, 2012 4:00 am - You can thank President Barack Obama for saving the auto industry. GM, Chrysler and Ford were on the verge of collapse, but thanks to the leadership of this president a ...
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Deficient plowing in Sun City HuntleyFeb 04, 2012 11:00 pm - Why does the Huntley Public Works department plow snow near our two homes for the intersecting streets of Nealy and Wembley Drive in Sun City? They plow these two street...
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Food industry killing the beesFeb 04, 2012 6:00 am - Anyone who likes watermelon, strawberries or tomatoes or any of the list that include one-third of all foods we enjoy thanks to bees, we must thank Jan Riggenbach for me...
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Cut Obama slack on his vacationFeb 01, 2012 4:00 am - This is a response to the inaccurate letter from W. Parrot Jan. 25 berating the President for going on a taxpayer paid vacation. First of all, the president who caused t...
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Say Aloha to President ObamaJan 25, 2012 5:00 am - A three-week, taxpayer-funded winter vacation in Maui for George W. Bush and family ... in the worst economy in 40 years ... would have unleashed the unmitigated wrath a...
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Enact, uphold sprinkler lawsJan 21, 2012 5:00 am - Recent tragedies in the city of Chicago and surrounding suburbs have called to attention life safety ordinances, or lack thereof. It is an absolute shame it takes severe...
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Don’t disregard candidates’ beliefsJan 20, 2012 4:00 am - In a Jan. 15 Letter to the Fence Post, Frank G. Salvantini says he’s confused and asks why we as citizens infuse the candidates’ personal beliefs into our decisions in v...