Winfield Opinion
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Video gambling bad source of incomeAug 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Congrats to the DuPage County Board for voting Aug. 11 to ban video gambling machines in unincorporated areas. This sends a message to Springfield politicians: Find a ne...
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Is a $2,300 tax credit the answer?Aug 29, 2009 11:00 pm - There are a lot of passionate opinions regarding health-care reform. There are many people who have been unable to get health insurance because of pre-existing condition...
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What's so offending about other lifestyle?Aug 28, 2009 11:00 pm - As I am hopeful I am not the only respondent to this, I don't know whether to laugh or be shocked at Sue A. Smith's plea (Don't publish gay wedding notices, Aug. 25) wit...
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Guilt about eating off TigerwoodAug 28, 2009 11:00 pm - On the Aug. 23 front page of the Homes Plus section, August 23 paper, I read of the joys of the perfect kitchens in the featured families' homes. The "star of the show i...
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Marriage is for any two people in loveAug 28, 2009 11:00 pm - On Aug. 25, a letter was published by a writer who clearly did not approve of gay marriage. The letter asked the Daily Herald to not publish same sex marriage announceme...
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District 204 parents have been dupedAug 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Ladies and gentlemen of Indian Prairie School District 204, you've been duped. In 2005, District 204 presented to voters a referendum to build a third high school. It wa...
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Why not compassion in health debate?Aug 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Fear and trembling, anger and divisiveness. Are these the appropriate ways to approach health care? Is truth found in unquestioning loyalty to a political party? Isn't t...
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Saturday SoapboxAug 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Save it in the stands: The return of high school football also means the return of passionate fans. And we're OK with that - to a point. To those shouting "pass" when an...
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More government boondoggle?Aug 27, 2009 11:00 pm - For all of you who want a new health care system, who complain that it's broken, doesn't cover enough people, is to expensive and is bloated ... Well, it was set up less...
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Applaud gay couple announcementAug 27, 2009 11:00 pm - I just read the letter from Sue A Smith of Bloomingdale, and it mad me mad. I, too, saw the announcement of the two men who had exchanged vows in the Celebrate section o...