Northfield Opinion
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Democrats are caving to corporationsMay 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Poor Cecile Powell. As usual you have about half the story correct much as your defense of Bill Clinton no matter what he did wrong. First of all the corporations that y...
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People won't stand for bias against WalshMay 11, 2010 11:00 pm - If Joe Walsh were a liberal Democrat, the Daily Herald would praise him as Joe citizen who fell on hard times and foreclosed on a property due to the awful Republicans c...
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Thankful for preschool crewMay 11, 2010 11:00 pm - I am the director of Good Shepherd Lutheran Preschool. I have a wonderful staff of teachers, classroom assistants, child care workers and substitute workers. The first w...
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No need to fear those with mental illnessMay 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Twelve years ago I was diagnosed with depression, eight years ago with manic depression or bi-polar disease. In that time, I've been in a number of relationships, when i...
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Elected leaders reflect the votersMay 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Regarding Messrs. Madigan's and Cullerton's lack of leadership to stem Illinois' building insolvency, we are what we elect. Jack Kenesey Palatine ...
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All pensions come out of our pocketsMay 11, 2010 11:00 pm - I am a child, an employee, a mortgage holder, a parent, and a public schoolteacher. I became each of those in that order during my life. I am not young, technically a s...
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Rein in Wall Street gamblersMay 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Why is it that we regulate gambling but fail to control Wall Street? Why can Goldman Sachs, or example, sell "synthetic instruments" and derivatives, whereby they make m...
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Unions drive up cost of teacher pensionsMay 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Your recent Sunday editorial on Springfield's broken promise on pensions makes an important point, but if the key question is accountability, you gave the teacher's unio...
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Enough affordable housing or not?May 10, 2010 11:00 pm - I am happy to hear that the Elgin City Council is proceeding with the ArtSpace project. This creative development will provide subsidized housing for struggling artists ...
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The real cost of gun controlMay 10, 2010 11:00 pm - After hearing the news that consideration was being given to National Guard troops being dispatched to the city of Chicago to quell violence, I wanted to take the opport...