Medinah Opinion
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Three potential laws that make senseMay 11, 2011 12:00 am - Often, our General Assembly does things that make us scratch our collective heads. We frequently find ourselves questioning the motives of our elected representatives. B...
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Dist. 203 budget not the work of MBAsMay 11, 2011 12:00 am - Not that it will matter to the 80 percent of Naperville taxpayers who are too apathetic to pay attention to a government body that represents 80 percent of their propert...
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Media must publish facts about oilMay 09, 2011 11:00 pm - This is in response to the letter from Donald Froelich in the May 5 Fence Post. Everything he said is true, and I'm sure you already know that. It's time for the governm...
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Cut institutions, not local programsMay 09, 2011 11:00 pm - Being the father of two children with developmental disabilities who are now adults has been a challenge for me and for all parents who have children with mental or phys...
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Take that, panty waist liberalsMay 09, 2011 11:00 pm - OK, you panty waist liberals. The waterboarding of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed worked. “The waterboarding of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed stopped ‘enormous' terrori...
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Don’t halt extension service fundingMay 09, 2011 12:00 am - In 1914, Congress established the Cooperative Extension Service as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This act allowed land-grant universities to enter into an ...
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Anti-Roskam letter shouldn’t have runMay 09, 2011 12:00 am - Someone told me the Daily Herald featured in the news, “Walsh won’t back off.” I found Joe Walsh to be true to his word. At that time I was a subscriber to the Chicago T...
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Had enough with Illinois taxesMay 08, 2011 12:00 am - Congratulations. Between Governor Quinn taking an additional $200 a month with his 66 percent tax hike and governments continually raising my property taxes as the value...
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Gas reserves could whittle down debtMay 08, 2011 12:00 am - In light of the budget impasse and the gas crisis, I would like to propose the following: 1. We open up the Alaskan oil reserve at ANWR and all royalties are mandated to...
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Refuse to burden the helpless among usMay 08, 2011 12:00 am - Perhaps Abraham Lincoln said it best: “The legitimate object of government, is to do for a community of people, whatever they need to have done, but cannot do, at all, o...