Vernon Hills Opinion
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Minimum wage cut isn't the answerDec 28, 2009 10:00 pm - Of all the anti-people schemes the Republican politicians can dream up, the current thinking to lower the minimum wage is the most exemplary of their interests. How low ...
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Congress, president haven't earned trustDec 28, 2009 10:00 pm - Do you trust the members of the House of Representatives, Senate and president who have created more debt for our country than all prior administrations combined? Do yo...
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Former BG trustee behind HartsteinDec 27, 2009 10:00 pm - I know Elliott Hartstein. I have known Elliott Hartstein for 30 years, for three decades. For four of the 12 years I served as an elected Village Trustee in Buffalo Grov...
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Hartstein will stand up for what's rightDec 27, 2009 10:00 pm - Since 2003, the residents of the 59th district have been fortunate to have had the strong independent voice of Kathy Ryg speak on our behalf in Springfield. As the Feb. ...
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AARP is looking out for its own interestsDec 21, 2009 10:00 pm - I am, regretfully, a member of AARP. Did you know that they collect royalties from so-called "gap insurance." That is private insurance that covers what Medicare doesn't...
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Pass public option or put job on the lineDec 21, 2009 10:00 pm - In 2006, the people spoke. George Bush referred to it as "a thumping." It certainly spoke to how the American people felt about how things were being handled in Washingt...
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Career education must be a priorityDec 20, 2009 10:00 pm - The days when a "three R's" education was sufficient to provide a middle-class lifestyle are long over. Though jobs requiring low-level skills still exist (just 18 perc...
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Rehashing history a waste of timeDec 19, 2009 10:00 pm - This is in response to Peter Grant's absurd letter about what the world would be like without George W. Bush. First of all, the premise of the post is a waste of paper a...
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Reform won't help if you're sick, oldDec 19, 2009 10:00 pm - The health care reform bill does not matter! The Democrats and Obama are already killing Americans. My wife has been on dialysis for both kidneys not functioning for a y...
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The unrelenting power of heroinDec 19, 2009 10:00 pm - Here's how powerful heroin is. In September 2007, 18-year-old Nick Beinlich overdosed on it in the Buffalo Grove home of his Stevenson High School classmate Matt McGover...