Rejuvenating Republicans' voice

Letter to the editor

03/19/2012


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Feierstein charts new course for 2nd Ward Republicans

Letter to the editor

03/19/2012


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Blue collar workers will bring down Obama

Letter to the editor

03/14/2012

President Obama at the drop of a hat (if he wore a hat) boldly consecrates himself as a champion of America’s so-called middle class — his vaunted and beloved middle class. Who comprises this middle class?
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Don't celebrate G8 leaving yet

03/14/2012

The G8 is gone. It’s not coming to Chicago. The entire city breathed a giant sigh of relief when the news broke. It’s a win. But the NATO summit is still sticking around.
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Endorsement: Danny Davis for Congress

03/07/2012

When the politics are as similar as Danny Davis and Jacques Conway — the two candidates in the Democratic primary for the 7th District congressional seat — we opt to support the incumbent. Seniority and clout are hard to come by and Danny Davis has earned both.
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Endorsement: Christian Mitchell for state rep

03/07/2012

The race for the 26th District seat in the Illinois House is perhaps the tightest in the state. That’s not without reason: Christian Mitchell and Kenny Johnson are two of the best candidates we’ve seen angling for the statehouse this election season.
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Endorsement: Derrick Smith for state rep

03/07/2012

When Annazette Collins decamped her 10th District State Rep seat for the senate, it was filled last year by Derrick Smith, an acolyte of Jesse White and 27th Ward Ald. Walter Burnett who used to run the ward’s streets and sanitation department.
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Endorsement: Patricia Van Pelt-Watkins for state senate

03/07/2012

The first race to replace Rickey Hendon that voters will actually have a say in is a bit of a mess. Annazette Collins was appointed to Hendon’s seat last spring when he abruptly vacated it, but her patron saints have since abandoned her.
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Plant shutdown a powerful statement

02/29/2012

It’s about time Pilsen’s Fisk power plant, a source of shame and a blight on the entire city, got shut down. We’re thrilled that the city and environmental activists have finally reached a deal to shut down the plant, and most impressively, that it’s allegedly being done so soon.

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Don't discriminate - hire our veterans

Letter to the editor

02/22/2012

President Barack Obama said on Nov. 7, 2011, “If you can save a life in Afghanistan, you can save a life in an ambulance. If you can oversee millions of dollars of assets in Iraq, you can help a business balance its books here at home.”
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