West Chicago Opinion
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Thanks for making things clear, GOPApr 26, 2011 12:00 am - A sincere thanks to the GOP for your efforts the past 18 months. Your steady nationwide offensive has galvanized so many people towards a common goal. Seniors are revve...
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Cabrini-Green: Study in ethnic cleansingApr 26, 2011 12:00 am - Sharon Cohen, writing about the demise of the Cabrini-Green housing project, produced a masterpiece of misdirection. She wrote about the nostalgia that former residents ...
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Lots of questions about pensionsApr 25, 2011 12:00 am - Can the pressures of a state’s budget deficit morally justify the destruction of a retiree’s promised pension after he or she contributed to it for 35 years? How are the...
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Don’t raise water rates, lower spendingApr 25, 2011 12:00 am - People of DuPage, it has finely happened. We the people have to pay for the stupidity of the politicians who are now raising our water rates because of their mistakes, s...
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Mussman hearing what voters sayingApr 24, 2011 12:00 am - Thank you for the recent article about state Rep. Mussman’s proposal to reduce legislator pay. I ran for state representative in the 55th District (against state Rep. Ra...
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Larkin students benefit from courageous decisionApr 24, 2011 12:00 am - Kudos to the Principal Jon Tuin at Larkin High School, Elgin U-46, for allowing a student group to hold an informational session on atheism in the school cafeteria. Scho...
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We need a strong United NationsApr 23, 2011 12:00 am - World War I was the war to end all wars. This did not occur; it was simply an extension of the past. Wars continue today for racial, economic and religious reasons. We ...
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We must cut to get out of debtApr 23, 2011 12:00 am - Our country is so deep into debt that just the interest payments on the debt, paid mostly to foreign countries, are nearly $8 billion each week. How do we ever get out o...
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Arguments abound for term limitsApr 23, 2011 12:00 am - The U.S. is helping topple dictators in the Middle East. Hussein, Mubarek, Ghadafi and others ruled less time than some of our elected officials. Some have held office 4...
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Stop spending on Red Gate bridgeApr 23, 2011 12:00 am - Stand up, St. Charles merchants and North High School parents. Mayor DeWitte and the city council are ignoring the safety concerns at St. Charles North by proceeding wit...