Winfield Opinion
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Why add nine more Cook judges?Apr 09, 2012 10:07 am - Right now, 272 full circuit court judges in Cook County are in the process of casting secret ballots to select nine new associate judges. The judicial vacancies are abou...
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COD-faculty dispute takes on a life of its ownApr 08, 2012 5:00 am - Early this year, I relayed the story of how I suggested to group of suburban school superintendents many years ago that contract talks between the administration and fac...
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Hard to figure non-support for NewtApr 08, 2012 1:00 am - I am surprised that voters are not embracing Newt Gingrich as the most qualified to lead our country in the right direction. He has valuable experience in the Congress a...
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Forest district right on Belleau WoodsApr 08, 2012 1:00 am - Forest district right on Belleau Woods The request by St. Francis High School to use portions of Belleau Woods for athletic fields and parking lots is totally inapp...
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Reps’ widely varying views of ObamacareApr 08, 2012 1:00 am - A friend from California forwarded an email from his U.S. Congresswoman, Anna Eshoo. A day later, I received a newsletter from my U.S. Congressman, Peter Roskam. The sub...
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Everyone should love ‘Obamacare’Apr 07, 2012 1:00 am - Yes, Republicans oppose “Obamacare” and rely on this term to stoke up opposition to the Democrats’ proposal to nationalize health care delivery. So, editor Jim Slusher h...
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A good word for ?U of I’s HoganApr 07, 2012 1:00 am - While I cannot speak to President Hogan’s relationship with the Illini faculty, I can speak about his excellent relationship with me, an alumni. Recently, I had publishe...
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Conservation, not growth, in our futureApr 07, 2012 1:00 am - It seems everyone these days is complaining about the high cost of gasoline. Some of reasons, according to reports by Reuters and Bloomberg BusinessWeek, are that extrac...
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Don’t make a federal case out of it, DurbinApr 07, 2012 1:00 am - Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Senate Democrat, wants to make bounty hunting in the NFL a federal crime. Really, Dick; that’s what is important to you? A do-nothing Democrat Sen...
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St. Francis should pursue overpassApr 07, 2012 1:00 am - I am horrified to read Elisabeth Mistretta’s report of efforts by St. Francis Roman Catholic High School to persuade the DuPage County Forest Preserve District to allow ...