Vernon Hills Opinion
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Kirk fights pork, wasteful spendingAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - The federal budget deficit is projected to reach $500 billion this year. We're essentially putting $500 billion on the national credit card. And most of the people in W...
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Seals campaign built from groundAug 18, 2008 11:00 pm - In response to a recent letter entitled "Dan Seals is far from grass roots," Seals' campaign is organized entirely from the grass roots. Dan started with no support from...
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Kirk backs women by backing ERAAug 18, 2008 11:00 pm - The Equal Rights Amendment is an idea whose time came long ago, but it was always just short of full acceptance. I am proud of Congressman Mark Kirk for joining with 2...
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Kirk's long record on human rightsAug 16, 2008 11:00 pm - I am writing to commend Congressman Mark Kirk for his exceptional work on human rights around the world. In Iran, people of the Bahai Faith face consistent and pernicio...
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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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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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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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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...