West Dundee Opinion
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Low taxes on rich, prosperity unrelatedAug 28, 2011 5:00 am - I’m tired of the right-wing distortions about taxes. “The bottom 50 percent pay no taxes,” is what we constantly hear. Well, sorry folks, but that’s a right-wing lie. Ac...
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The SoapboxAug 20, 2011 5:00 am - Good first step: We’re heartened by a new ethics ordinance and spending and reimbursement policies adopted this week by the DuPage Housing Authority. The rules impose st...
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Unpaid child support tells us who Walsh isAug 07, 2011 12:00 am - I just read Mrs. (U.S. Congressman) Joe Walsh’s December 2010 verified petition for $115,000 of unpaid child support. It is 55 pages, with exhibits. It says that Joe sti...
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Farnham is in touch with constituentsAug 04, 2011 12:00 am - I want to recognize State Rep. Keith Farnham for doing the right thing and voting to cut his own pay. Too often legislators are involved with only themselves, removed fr...
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The SoapboxJul 30, 2011 3:00 am - The $117,000 Walsh owes his kids: Well, we guess you could call U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh of McHenry a role model of sorts. He says government must spend less. And then he rep...
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Farnham, Madigan helping consumersJul 24, 2011 5:00 am - In this day and age, everyone needs to be cautious of increasingly sophisticated con artists and their schemes to steal money from the average hardworking American famil...
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Social Security is not welfareJul 17, 2011 3:00 am - Let me first start out by saying God bless all of you who have served this country past and present. I, like you and every other American citizen enjoy the right of free...
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The SoapboxJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - Finally, a single card: We’re certainly on board with Pace, Metra and the CTA in their decision to finally go to a universal fair system — but by 2015? Seems a long time...
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Don’t extend tax deal to SearsJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - Today, I read in the Daily Herald that the state is in discussions with Sears attempting to keep them at their Hoffman Estates campus. I have lived in the same house in ...
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Grateful for support of Freedom BashJul 04, 2011 6:00 am - On behalf of the Hanover Township officials and the Operation Support Our Troops: Freedom Bash 2011 Planning Group, I would like to thank the community for their generou...