Woodridge Opinion
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Two-party system not workingDec 14, 2011 4:00 am - It is apparent to most people in this country that the present two-party political system is no longer effective in dealing with the critical issues that we are facing. ...
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Blago sentence shows flaws in systemDec 14, 2011 4:00 am - I feel that since Rod Blagojevich’s guilt or innocence was decided by a jury, that his sentence should have also been decided by a jury. Why do we give one person the re...
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Great job by NIU’s Lorado Taft staffDec 14, 2011 4:00 am - It’s been two weeks since I had the opportunity to spend a weekend at the Lorado Taft Campus of Northern Illinois University. I want to publicly thank the staff for suc...
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Concerns about Nunu Sung plea dealDec 14, 2011 4:00 am - In following the custody case of Nunu Sung, I find it concerning that presiding Guardian ad Litem, Kathleen Anderson, is fighting the terms of a plea agreement by filing...
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Allow advertising in schoolsDec 13, 2011 4:00 am - Schools should permit product advertising to raise money for programs, thereby keeping citizens’ taxes low. Advertising should be permitted in public schools because it ...
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Not less government, better governmentDec 13, 2011 4:00 am - President Reagan had it mostly right: government is not the solution. What’s needed, however, is not less government but better government. Civil rights should not be ab...
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COD deannexation a terrible decisionDec 13, 2011 4:00 am - The College of DuPage board made a terrible decision when it voted to deannex from the village of Glen Ellyn. If these seven board members had more wisdom, experience an...
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‘Potentiality’ is just a diversionDec 13, 2011 4:00 am - Theodore Utchen, in the Dec. 1 Fence Post argued against a previous writer, Dan Rak, who logically equated abortion to murder, by writing, “My position turns on the conc...
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Arends doesn’t get respect she deservesDec 12, 2011 4:00 am - Your article was too kind. If you noticed, while T.L. Arends was speaking the trustees had the “who cares” look on their face, which carried over to the time residents w...
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Bartlett voters can write their own endingDec 12, 2011 4:00 am - After I attended the last Bartlett village board meeting Dec. 6, I came home and tried to relax with my family. We were watching “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas” and tha...