West Chicago Opinion
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So, why didn’t you go into teaching?May 20, 2012 4:19 am - So, why didn’t you go into teaching? So Robert Melbye has no sympathy for teachers and their pensions. He states the pensions were not under funded. He forgot to me...
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Could have been worse for parentsMay 20, 2012 4:19 am - Michael and Cathy Bushman, the parents accused of giving teens alcohol at a post-prom party in their home, are lucky their only consequence is being ticketed along with ...
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The SoapboxMay 19, 2012 5:00 am - No need for speed: Summer approaches, and that means dreaded road construction. But what’s more annoying — and dangerous — is that people still drive too fast through co...
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More transparency needed in AuroraMay 18, 2012 5:21 am - Today, transparency in government is more important than ever. Considering the latest development in Dixon, Ill., transparency might have identified the financial mishan...
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Why would anyone vote for you?May 18, 2012 5:21 am - During his campaign in 2008 President Obama said he would be a “uniter,” not a divider, This obviously was another one of his many deceptive promises, which we have now ...
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My taxes shouldn't pay for abortionsMay 18, 2012 5:00 am - If Froma Harrop thinks Mitt Romney's ideas put him back to the beginning of the 20th Century, I want to go back there with him. I do not feel that my taxes should go to ...
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Kudos, Lombard, on aggregation dealMay 17, 2012 5:00 am - It is all too common in our day-to-day life that we tend to focus on things that go wrong. Yet, from start to finish, Lombard’s handling of electricity aggregation was a...
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Write legislators about pension ‘fix’May 17, 2012 5:00 am - Gov. Pat Quinn’s pension reform proposal provides, in part, that school districts and community colleges pay more toward their teachers’ pensions. On May 2, House Speak...
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Think of the kids in U-46 contract decisionMay 16, 2012 5:00 am - The 2,000 or so teachers who are members of the Elgin Teachers Association — the largest teachers union in the suburbs — are understandably on edge. The members, who sta...
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A great idea whose time has comeMay 16, 2012 1:00 am - Dr. Arthur Siml for president ... of something. His “Tips For reducing Medicaid costs” letter of May 4. is near genius. It is smart and so simple, I am sure it will be i...