Midwest Memo
Got ya
by Alan Shultz
      I call it the case of the "disappearing ink." My son Brad rolls his eyes in disbelief when I tell the story. He doesn't agree with me over the bad intentions I see hidden, lurking behind the computer screen. In order to clarify a negotiated point in a real estate contract, I had the two parties i...
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Comments on Congress
Shaping policy is hard work
By Lee Hamilton
      You can interpret the Senate's recent rejection of the immigration reform compromise several ways. You might see it as a political response to intense antiimmigrant pressure from talk radio and a slice of the heartland. You might consider it "an enormous failure that borders on dereliction of dut...
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Guest opinion:
Where will it stop?
      I attended the Twin Lakes Regional Sewer District (TLRSD) meeting July 28. I was the only one there except for an older couple and the Monticello Herald-Journal reporter. I am glad that I did attend, as they were discussing how they are going to stop the conservancy (the conservancy that hasn't ...
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