Wheeling Opinion
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We're taxed for care that isn't availableMay 01, 2010 11:00 pm - A funny thing is happening. People are looking for their new health care coverage, the one the president has promised us and they cannot find it, they are realizing it i...
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Teachers are worth what they makeMay 01, 2010 11:00 pm - This is in response to Mr. Miller's letter saying teachers are overpaid for sitting on their butts. It is obvious that he has not spent any time in schools observing wor...
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Teachers could make more in private sectorMay 01, 2010 11:00 pm - After the steam left my ears, I was able to respond to Mr. Miller's letter. Either he does not have teachers in his family, or he wanted to be a teacher and could not ma...
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Saturday SoapboxApr 30, 2010 11:00 pm - A legend returns: Former Daily Herald sports columnist and longtime editor Bob Frisk makes his 60th appearance today at the 78th annual Palatine Relays. After se...
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Teacher pensions should be cappedApr 30, 2010 11:00 pm - The Daily Herald should be commended for their April 25 article pertaining to how the egregious and unreasonable are pensions the state of Illinois is paying retired edu...
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Politicians can't keep hitting up taxpayersApr 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Note to politicians: Physician, heal thyself. How about, instead we start with a 50 percent across-the-board, no-exceptions, cut in the state's budget (operating expense...
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State must live up to its obligationApr 30, 2010 11:00 pm - I devoted 33 years of my professional life hopefully contributing to the preservation of our American way of life. I taught young people in public school classrooms so, ...
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Do a story about the life of a teacherApr 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Enough teacher bashing! What an appalling morning. I woke up to read the Daily Herald, only to find out that in my profession, I sit on my butt and do nothing, I'm not w...
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Health car reform only beginningApr 29, 2010 11:00 pm - What the recent fracas over health care reform showed exceptionally well was just how entrenched corporate money is in our politics, especially the Republican Party, who...
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This is a real-life 'Atlas Shrugged'Apr 29, 2010 11:00 pm - I am nearing the end of a novel that was written in 1957 that is almost scary with regard to how similar the circumstances in the story are with what is happening today....