Wheeling Opinion
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February primary was an eye-openerFeb 18, 2010 10:00 pm - This last primary election has shown the people of Illinois that two changes need to be made. First, the primary date needs to be changed. There is no way the citizens o...
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Cost drives kids out of organized sportsFeb 17, 2010 10:00 pm - The article about the decline in youth baseball enrollment, given the state of the economy, is poorly timed and a bit socially irresponsible. Suburban kids are not enrol...
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End Bush tax cuts for the wealthyFeb 17, 2010 10:00 pm - Why would we extend and continue the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy when is has be very clear that they have not helped most average Americans? Health costs have skyrocke...
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Bush tax cuts help small businessFeb 17, 2010 10:00 pm - I agree with extending the Bush tax cuts. It's misleading to say only the rich are getting them. The job creators are small businesses, which are in the tax bracket Obam...
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This spending can't go on foreverFeb 16, 2010 10:00 pm - The selfish and irresponsible politicians that continually manipulate and restructure the very laws put in place for America's well being have changed our economic progn...
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Ideas for jobs from newly unemployedFeb 16, 2010 10:00 pm - I just joined the unemployment club of over 17 million Americans. The future looks bleak. The only way the government can help "Americans" get back to work is: • Cancel ...
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Food story contains real message of loveFeb 16, 2010 10:00 pm - Finally, someone gets it. Often newspaper and magazine food editors focus on Valentine's Day with food that delivers a somewhat twisted message. You love someone so you ...
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Government project is still valuable todayFeb 15, 2010 10:00 pm - I lived during the last depression, that had very little jobs for anyone. Our president in office at that time created the WPA. They repaired the roads which we need don...
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League celebrates 90 years of actionFeb 15, 2010 10:00 pm - Ninety years ago, Carrie Chapman Catt first proposed a League of Women Voters to "finish the fight" and work to end all discrimination against women. And so the League o...
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Cohen should have been allowed to runFeb 15, 2010 10:00 pm - I say let Scott Lee Cohen run for the office of lieutenant governor in Illinois. Are we not the nation of second, third and fourth chances? Leave his past in the past. C...