Wheeling Opinion
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Taking right way on red-light camerasJun 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Today, we're pleased to offer a tale with positive lessons and a happy ending. A few weeks ago, Cook County commissioners made it known they were about to usurp the loca...
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Senate candidates give little choice for votersJun 16, 2010 11:00 pm - The choice for voters in the November race for the Senate - dumb and dumber. William Peterson Elgin ...
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Each of us expected something different from Obama's presidencyJun 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Barack Obama was ushered into the presidency of our nation by an overwhelming majority of voters. Undoubtedly, each American casting a vote for Obama, had his or her own...
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Kirk has served the Navy with honor, dedicationJun 16, 2010 11:00 pm - I would like to respond to Charles Sawyer's June 8 letter "Mark Kirk disgraces the Navy." I am not a veteran, but I know from Kirk's impressive record that he has far fr...
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Civil servants deserve better for important jobsJun 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Recently, a concerned citizen wrote to complain about paying for the pensions for civil servants with his property tax. He stated, "Why should I have to pay Huntley's re...
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Obvious explanation for voter apathy in upcoming electionJun 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Now that election primaries in 12 states are over will the average voter still experience the past perpetuation of virtual incommunicado with his candidate after she's s...
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Hope and change has changedJun 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Americans voted in the last presidential election for hope and change. Many have buyer's remorse because the hope and change they wanted is not what they got. Instead wh...
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Give us real ideas on limiting governmentJun 15, 2010 11:00 pm - The one common refrain I have heard from all the various tea partyers and conservatives is that the government is too big; to intrusive; too controlling. They may be cor...
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Illegal immigrants do pay taxesJun 14, 2010 11:00 pm - I would like to address some of the misconceptions expressed by Eve Barson in her May 30 Fence Post letter. She states that illegal immigrants do not pay taxes. This is ...
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Pension stories show bias against teachersJun 14, 2010 11:00 pm - I am one of the thousands of retired teachers of Illinois. For the past half-century Paddock Publications has pictured us as an overpaid, underachieving lot who have suc...