Northbrook Opinion
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Why did Kirk vote against pay equity?Aug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - People like to think that Mark Kirk is a moderate but time and time again, his voting record proves otherwise. Kirk recently was among the 178 Republicans to stand by t...
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Kirk on wrong side of gender pay issueAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Congressman Mark Kirk voted against pay equity for women yet again. I guess he isn't really the moderate Republican he pretends to be. Women continue to earn only 77 ce...
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The vote against gender pay equityAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Last week, a large group of 10th District men and women delivered a letter to Rep. Mark Kirk's district office expressing our dismay with his recent vote against pay equ...
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Seals should return Rangel donationsAug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Dan Seals must immediately return all campaign contributions he has received from Congressman Charlie Rangel. The New York Times reported Rangel rents four apartments a...
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Saturday Soapbox: Cook and Lake countiesAug 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Out-of-the-box thinking It will be interesting to see how Palatine's unorthodox approach to dealing with stormwater pans out. The village has started a pilot program to ...
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Solutions, not talk, needed on energyAug 07, 2008 11:00 pm - With gas prices soaring, Dan Seals and his supporters have tried to attack Congressman Mark Kirk on energy. Calling Kirk just another Big Oil candidate, Seals tries to ...
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Foreclosure vote exposes KirkAug 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Mark Kirk has shown once again just how out of touch he is with the issues facing his district. Kirk voted against the American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Preventio...
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Politics shouldn't be a spectator sportAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - At what point did the exercise of politics change from compromise and uniting for the common good to two sides screaming at each other and accomplishing nothing? Politic...
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Notice how Obama never strays far?Aug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois' Junior Sen. Obama has proven once again during this historically expensive, highly glitzy sideshow, known as the 2008 presidential campaign, that it's best tha...
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Seals campaign is far from grassrootsAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Dan Seals likes to talk about his "grassroots support." He crows about his volunteers in the same interview where he, somewhat ironically, brags that he is importing act...