Mettawa Opinion
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Stevenson, Statesman need interventionDec 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Stevenson High School and student journalists at the Statesman newspaper sorely need intervention to heal their damaged relationship. Problems began in February when the...
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Saturday SoapboxNov 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Drive Route 59 lately? If you've driven Route 59 north across DuPage County and into Cook County anywhere near rush hour, well, you've been moving slowly. Isn't it irrit...
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Plan would put U.S. closer to socialismNov 14, 2009 10:00 pm - My high school-aged daughter has a government class, and she's being taught that President Obama is a moderate because he supports a public option for health care as opp...
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Saturday Soapbox: Pet Rescue move slow, Mt. Prospect's confusingNov 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Mount Prospect primary confusion: Mount Prospect will ask voters in the February primary - when no local races will be decided - if they want to go back to a non-primary...
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Reform campaign finance, term lengthOct 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Meaningful campaign finance reform requires support for the reform commission recommendations. Legislators will be more inclined to take the tough votes that are needed ...
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Community colleges important, relevantSep 25, 2009 11:00 pm - A new school year has just begun and as president of the Illinois Community College Trustees Association, it is appropriate for me to comment on behalf of all of us in I...
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Group tracks leaders with economic senseSep 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Funding of the capital bill, which is necessary to create jobs, repair our roads and bridges, and stimulate the economy, is in jeopardy because local governments are not...
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Use sensitivity in school-faith mattersSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Friday night football, a staple in high school culture, may have been missing a few more players than usual last week. As teams took to the field in many suburbs, observ...
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Is Kirk too independent?Aug 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Will Kirk's votes kill his candidacy? I read with interest the Daily Herald account of Congressman Mark Kirk's July 21 announcement to run as a Senate candidate from his...
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Kirk's position radical, unjustifiedJul 11, 2009 11:00 pm - My 10th District Congressman Mark Kirk has the dubious distinction of being the only Republican member of the Illinois congressional delegation, and one of only eight Re...