Westmont Opinion
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Bills water down access to infoMay 04, 2011 12:00 am - A healthy democracy requires a confident public that has the skills to participate in the democratic process, balanced against institutional policies that promote access...
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Does Hubble as rec center make sense?May 04, 2011 12:00 am - For Sale: $100 million recreation facility — 5 cents on a dollar. Wheaton Warrenville District 200 hopes to sell old Hubble School for a little over $5 million. To repli...
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Sensible action on immigration enforcementMay 03, 2011 11:00 pm - In government, sustaining an ineffective program is always imprudent. When money is tight, it's senseless. Yet, until Wednesday, 26 counties in Illinois were chained to ...
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Pols should show sacrifice starts at topMay 03, 2011 12:00 am - If “Charity begins at home,” doesn’t sacrifice also begin at home? I haven’t heard or read of Rep Paul Ryan’s tax-cutting reform budget proposing any cuts in Congressmen...
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Sharia law not in sync with our freedomsMay 03, 2011 12:00 am - A Duke University chaplain recently stated, “Being a Muslim in the United States is another form of torture, a psychological torture, an emotional torture, and it is jus...
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Face-to-face talk about our futureMay 03, 2011 12:00 am - “Let’s get together” is more than a line from a ‘70s song. It is a concept from which, sadly, we have strayed too far. No matter what the issue of the day, be it unions,...
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See how it’s done, Washington?May 02, 2011 12:00 am - Yesterday I attended a town-hall meeting sponsored by Michelle Mussman, our new state rep. All I knew of Ms. Mussman was she was highly recommended to me by my bride of ...
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All have to pitch in on social securityMay 01, 2011 2:00 am - The vast majority of people in the United States want medicare and social security to remain as is and available to people 65 and older. In order to do this the social s...
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Governor needs to cut his sacred cowsMay 01, 2011 2:00 am - I have a solution to the governor’s budget that proposes draconian cuts to community-based services. This includes children and adults with developmental disabilities an...
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Do we need another hack like O’Reilly?May 01, 2011 2:00 am - Because there are so many new generational, fresh, interesting political columnists around today for us to learn from, I was disappointed to see your newspaper add anoth...