Opinion Stories from September 17, 2012 (Change date)
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Editorial: Assessor stipend program fails to make senseSep 17, 2012 2:38 pm - Pop quiz: Did you get a $3,000 stipend last year for doing your job as expected? If you got any kind of bonus or stipend, could you put it toward sweetening your pension...
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Editorial: Embracing blessedly imperfect freedomSep 17, 2012 8:27 am - We live in a country that is not perfect, and perhaps because of human nature, those of us who live here tend to preoccupy ourselves with those imperfections. That preo...
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Lombard at loggerheads on landing a leaderSep 17, 2012 8:34 am - I give you the opening quote to staff writer Marie Wilson’s story about the Lombard village board’s inability to select an interim leader to fill out the remainder of Vi...
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No taxation without representation in EGSep 17, 2012 5:00 am - A previous vote by the Elk Grove Village Library Trustees reflect that the taxpayer is best represented by providing full library services to some 12,000 non-taxpayers r...
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We’ll never agree — and that’s fineSep 17, 2012 5:00 am - The conventional wisdom has settled on the subject of this year’s presidential campaign: it’s about the proper role of government in our nation’s life. This is a good ar...
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Glacial pace of Quentin Road work just not acceptableSep 17, 2012 5:00 am - Many of you probably are just as frustrated as I am about the lethargic construction of Quentin Road in Palatine (I think Rome was built quicker). I inquired about the t...
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Prospect Hts. library spending is too highSep 17, 2012 5:00 am - We are seniors and paid $582.98 in taxes to the Prospect Heights library. For that amount we could buy 116 paperbacks a year at Costco — about two per week. This is insa...
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Board failed us over Lutheran HomeSep 17, 2012 2:38 pm - The Arlington Heights board approved the Lutheran Home expansion with little regard for the surrounding single family home community. The hearing was not about the quali...
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No need for park district tax hikeSep 17, 2012 5:00 am - The aspect of our elected leaders being cost-conscious is totally lost by projecting costs above current high tax dollars now levied; unfortunately it’s on the national,...
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Mathias position on pensions needs inkSep 17, 2012 5:00 am - I am really disappointed in your coverage of this town hall meeting with Mathias/Braiman/Stolman Aug. 13. The article you released mentioned very little about Representa...
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