Opinion Stories from December 7, 2012 (Change date)
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Architect says TIF project totally wrongDec 07, 2012 4:00 am - I’ve practiced architecture in Barrington for 34 years now, and have done hundreds of projects in the immediate area. I have lived in the Barrington area since 1953, and...
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Village to blame for failure of parks refDec 07, 2012 4:00 am - I really wanted to vote for the parks referendum, and I’m sure many of my neighbors did, too. I know the parks need new and improved facilities, and so do you, but here’...
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Gratitude for a small gesture of kindnessDec 07, 2012 4:00 am - In November I was in the Wheeling Walmart purchasing a skein of yarn. I went to the checkout and a couple with a basketful of items was in front of me. They mentioned si...
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Reduce class size; improve educationDec 07, 2012 4:00 am - The overwhelming number of students in high school classrooms needs to be reduced to 20 or fewer to improve public education. As a student, I think installing more compu...
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Self-centered taxing bodies will ruin usDec 07, 2012 4:00 am - The Arlington Heights Village Board announced that they are lowering their increase in the tax levy for next year from 1.9 percent to 1.2 percent. Maybe the word that th...
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Lawmakers don’t understand ‘illegal’Dec 07, 2012 4:00 am - I can’t believe what I have just read (Daily Herald, Nov. 29.) Two Arlington Heights Catholic leaders were at the Illinois Capitol urging state lawmakers to allow illega...
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Benghazi questions deserve commentDec 07, 2012 4:00 am - In response to the letter on Nov. 17, in which the writer criticizes the Daily Herald for printing another Fence Post letter that was, as he states “ ... another letter ...
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Salute, Inc. offers salute of its ownDec 07, 2012 4:00 am - I have written in the Neighbor Fencepost multiple times, to share what organizations are doing to help our injured and affected military service-members, veterans, and t...
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Mayor misses the point behind displayDec 07, 2012 4:00 am - I read in the Nov. 27 Daily Herald that Arlington Heights Village President Arlene Mulder said, “The intent has always been to be inclusive. The display (at North School...
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Editorial: Inspiring anonymity and year-round needDec 07, 2012 4:00 am - Just as surely as Burl Ives sings “Silver and Gold” on “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” every Christmastime, good-hearted souls surreptitiously plunk the precious metals...
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