West Chicago Opinion
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Not enough about tea party backersSep 04, 2010 11:00 pm - On Page 8 of the Sept. 2 Daily Herald is the story "Is the tea party the new GOP?" by Liz Sidoti. In her second paragraph, Sidoti begins with these words: "The grass-roo...
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Farnham tried to fix U-46 fundingSep 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Thank you, Keith Farnham for standing up for our schools. It takes a genuinely good person to stand up to very powerful political leaders on behalf of the schoolchildren...
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ECC is following letter of the lawSep 03, 2010 11:00 pm - In a letter to the editor titled "ECC should focus on citizens first," which appeared Sunday, it was stated that "Elgin Community College believes the taxpayers want the...
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Bikers are part of driving communitySep 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Dear Bill Bliley (Fence Post, Aug. 28) and all non-bikers: Thank you for watching out for out fragile bodies while you are taking your time on your way home at night. We...
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Stay in minors or get out of the gameSep 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Someone needs to let Alexi Giannoulias know that traveling to Greece does not count as foreign policy experience. Neither does loaning money to Iraqi financiers. The tho...
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Election in order if Birkett steps downSep 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Not everyone holds Joe Birkett's activity as DuPage County State's Attorney in high esteem. We've seen anti-war protestors harassed for over a year when Mr. Birkett knew...
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MLK welcome at Beck rally, really?Sep 03, 2010 11:00 pm - As a lifelong free speech progressive, I had no problem with the Glenn Beck political revival of mostly white, anti-Obama tea partyers at the Lincoln Memorial on the 47t...
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Nothing 'violent' about the tea partySep 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Perhaps the most tragicomic aspect of those accusing tea party supporters of being "violent" (the most "violent" thing I have seen at a tea party is the speaker asking a...
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Everyone can help with Honor FlightsSep 02, 2010 11:00 pm - I write this letter to offer public thanks to the volunteers and donors who make Honor Flight Chicago possible. Thanks to their efforts, my 87-year-old dad, Achille Mar...
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This victim's impact statement a lesson for allSep 02, 2010 11:00 pm - It's known by the clinical-sounding term: "Victim impact statement." Those words belie the power and raw emotion they carry when they're read in court, usually at senten...