Woodstock Opinion
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Let's solve our hunger challenge nowAug 08, 2011 12:00 am - It's easy to imagine how it starts. First, you're laid off. Then begins the sad scramble to apply for unemployment aid. Even with that, you face figuring out whether to ...
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Handicapped spots are for handicapped peopleAug 07, 2011 12:00 am - I’ve just come from the Huntley Post Office. There is one handicapped parking space in front of the post office, on the east side of Woodstock Street, facing north. A bl...
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Limit p-card use, ensure transparencyAug 05, 2011 3:00 am - It’s much easier to hand a clerk your debit card than it is to hand over money. It’s one reason casinos have you play with chips instead of cash. So it follows that it’s...
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Who will save planet if not us?Aug 03, 2011 3:00 am - I am a Columbia College Chicago student and like many students my age I see solutions to the urgent climate crisis being pushed aside by our politicians and media in fav...
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Don’t use GI’s as pawns in budget debateAug 02, 2011 12:00 am - An open letter to the President: As Commander in Chief, using the military as a pawn in the debt debate was despicable. How are you going to look a GI in the eye when yo...
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Now, let's find long-term solution to debt problemAug 02, 2011 12:00 am - So, the question of the day is, have we just averted a disastrous economic crisis or have we simply witnessed the final wrap on a scene we'll see in reruns two years fro...
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I’ll pay more if all pay somethingJul 29, 2011 3:00 am - Froma Harrop wrote a piece recently that stated: “Poll after poll, the American people want higher taxes.” She stated this included Republicans by half. She must know — ...
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Compromise not a bad word on debtJul 28, 2011 7:00 pm - As if the complexities of the debt ceiling debate were not confounding enough by themselves, political debate over the issue has become so steeped in vitriol and bluster...
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Close loopholes, put Congress on budgetJul 23, 2011 5:00 am - In a letter to the editor a loyal Democrat wrote he was tired of the Republicans using the abortion issue year after year. Guess he has no issue with his party, year aft...
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Leaders lead; this president hasn’tJul 22, 2011 2:00 am - Isn’t it obvious at this point that President Obama is not a leader? Leaders take on a task and assume the responsibility for all facets of the job; they do not continue...