Woodridge Opinion
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Can we afford excesses of the past?Nov 10, 2009 10:00 pm - The Nov. 4 article, "Suggestion: Consolidate fire districts" by Jake Griffin bares comment. Taxpayers should note that District 4 DuPage County Board member Grant Eckhof...
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Pols should sign up for health care planNov 10, 2009 10:00 pm - If the Democrats in Congress and the president think this health care proposal, HR 3962, is so wonderful for all of us I wonder why they don't also want the program for ...
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Disappointed with Roskam voteNov 09, 2009 10:00 pm - I am extremely disappointed that my Congressional representative, Peter Roskam, voted against meaningful reform of the health care system. I have written to him on sever...
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Why Social Security number needed?Nov 09, 2009 10:00 pm - A couple of recent letters to the Fence Post have railed against the poor service of Comcast. I agree. I've had nothing but trouble with repeated phone outages and myste...
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GOP needs problem solvers, not criticsNov 09, 2009 10:00 pm - George Kocan's archaic mindset that "aggressive, high testosterone men" are needed to score Republican political victories is best left back in the cave where it belongs...
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'Clunkers': Voodoo economics at bestNov 09, 2009 10:00 pm - Some of us mortals often wonder at the rationale our government leaders take into consideration when making decisions trying to steer our economy in the right direction....
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Eckhoff fire merger idea not radicalNov 09, 2009 10:00 pm - DuPage County Board member Grant Eckhoff's suggestion of a county fire department is long overdue. While quite radical in its appearance, it's only radical here in polit...
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Want to go 'green'? Support PaceNov 08, 2009 10:00 pm - I'm writing regarding Pace bus routes 616, 637, 690, 696 and 699. On Monday's (October 19th) meeting at Pace headquarters it was told how the R.T.A. was taking all funds...
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Staying out of Stone ParkNov 07, 2009 10:00 pm - Stone Park, westbound Lake Street at Mannheim. Video shows me stopped at the light for six seconds before turning right, but I received a $100 ticket because my front wh...
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System is broken, kids pay the priceNov 07, 2009 10:00 pm - Approximately 80 percent of our property tax dollars are spent on schools. So, reading the Daily Herald's article regarding higher teacher salaries hit home. In 2008 and...