Opinion Stories from August 25, 2011 (Change date)
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Uncle Sam not dead, just abusedAug 25, 2011 5:01 am - I, too, heard the story of old Uncle Sam that Walt Zlotow related in the Aug. 9 Fence Post. Sam wasn’t dead but he had seen a lot of abuse and it had been getting steadi...
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Responding to trustee’s complaintsAug 25, 2011 5:01 am - In response to Trustee Tim Allen’s Aug. 11 letter to the editor, it is clear that Tim will continue misleading residents and slandering other board members. He will cont...
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‘Enforcement’ of immigration laws already hereAug 25, 2011 5:01 am - Have you noticed that our immigration laws are finally being enforced? That illegal immigration is way down? That employers hiring undocumented workers are finally being...
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Especially now, tollway perk should goAug 25, 2011 5:01 am - “I don’t think the tollway should subsidize commuting,” Illinois Toll Highway Authority Executive Director Kristi Lafleur said in August 2010. She was answering reporter...
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Some thoughts for fixing economyAug 25, 2011 5:01 am - I cannot interpret what the bigheads in Washington have been considering these past years to lead us all into the situation that we are in now but to boost our economy a...
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No vote for candidates tied to pledgesAug 25, 2011 5:01 am - As an Independent voter, my vote is supposedly essential to any politician’s hope of election to local or national office. I want to put all politicians on notice that I...
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Media still bowing to Obama administrationAug 25, 2011 5:01 am - Now we have seen the total capitulation of the media to the Obama administration, who has just disgusted me by refusing to enforce the laws of this great country. Wow, h...
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Blame the state for U-46 bus woesAug 25, 2011 5:01 am - I empathize with the U-46 parents over the new bus routes reported in the Daily Herald where students must walk up to 1½ miles to catch a bus. However, it appears to me ...
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Big spenders come in GOP packages, tooAug 25, 2011 5:01 am - I just have to set the record straight when Mr. Pratt of Arlington Heights says that President Obama is spending money like “a drunken sailor.” Please keep in mind the s...
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Why juvenile offenders need ‘aftercare’Aug 25, 2011 12:00 pm - The heart-wrenching Daily Herald series recounting the 2008 attack on Elgin High School teacher Carolyn Gilbert has taken its readers to places few of us can imagine and...
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