Spring Grove Opinion
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Kudos to Franks for tax holidayAug 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Kudos to State Rep. Jack Franks for successfully creating the sales tax holiday from Aug. 6-15 this year. Rep. Franks introduced the idea to Illinois after a family vaca...
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'I want a doer not a talker'Aug 14, 2010 11:00 pm - My oldest grandson said he liked President Clinton, because when he was caught in a lie he could always say, so what? The President lies. My teenage granddaughter said s...
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A pervasive politics of small deceitsAug 14, 2010 11:00 pm - As we all sometimes do, Kelly Klopp misdirected an e-mail recently. She is the communications director for Robert Dold, the Republican candidate for Congress in the 10th...
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Where are the Republicans?Aug 13, 2010 11:00 pm - For the fourth time since the election started, the fourth Democrat came over to my house asking for support. Recently State Rep. Jack Franks knocked on my door asking m...
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Grow a backbone or grab some benchAug 11, 2010 11:00 pm - An increasingly irrelevant and intellectually lazy mainstream press, not surprisingly void of journalistic due diligence, has consistently lumped all politically-active,...
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Mosque column out of touchAug 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Richard Cohen really missed the mark in his Aug. 4 column, which was in support of the proposed construction of an Islamic Mosque in Manhattan. The reason that a great n...
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New-media users have friend in SealsAug 09, 2010 11:00 pm - I was excited to see a Dan Seals tweet that he was attending the Netroots Nation Convention in Las Vegas recently. Netroots is an important voice in American politics th...
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Ensure an ethical lottery transitionAug 08, 2010 11:00 pm - The Illinois Lottery will soon come under new management. In a move that state officials are hoping will improve the lottery's performance and return significant revenue...
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Correcting record on Barrington Hills horse boardingAug 08, 2010 11:00 pm - In his letter published July 26th, Barrington Hills resident Jim Hammond misstated and misrepresented the recommendations made by the Equestrian Commission concerning ho...
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Small-business man Dold will bring sense to WashingtonAug 07, 2010 11:00 pm - I am supporting small-business man Robert Dold for Illinois' 10th Congressional District. With private sector experience, Robert Dold will bring common sense solutions t...