Opinion Stories from August 14, 2017 (Change date)
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Palatine Library board is dedicated to search for new directorAug 14, 2017 5:00 am - In response to the Aug. 8 letter about the search to fill the position of Library Director at Palatine Public Library District: The Board of Library Trustees thanks Ms....
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Sanctuary for whom?Aug 15, 2017 11:28 am - Rahm Emmanuel is correct that Chicago is a sanctuary city. Unfortunately it is a sanctuary city for gun-wielding gang bangers and law breakers. Daniel M. Filipek Mount P...
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Schools hoarding excess reservesAug 15, 2017 11:28 am - In the Aug. 2 front page article on District 59's possible borrowing, it stated that the district's policy is to keep 60 percent of its operating budget in reserve. Sixt...
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Hersh scolding tells truth on 'Russiagate'Aug 15, 2017 11:28 am - I would like to take the opportunity of using your editorial page to talk about 80-year-old Seymour Hersh, who posted a video on YouTube on Aug. 2. In case you are a you...
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Metra is anything but easy for commutersAug 15, 2017 11:28 am - I recently began working full-time in the West Loop of Chicago following my graduation from the University of Illinois. I live in the Northwest suburbs, making the trave...
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Tollway fines could settle state debtAug 14, 2017 1:00 am - The article, "Tollway wants higher speeds on I-90," in the July 28 issue struck a sensitive spot in me. I was driving this past Sunday from the northwest suburbs to Ind...
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Uphold constitution on school supportAug 14, 2017 1:00 am - Our state constitution in Article X, Section 1 says that the state has the primary responsibility for financing the system of public education. This is the law. This is ...
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Being played by moneyed interestsAug 14, 2017 1:00 am - I am sitting here on the Metra train, trying to compose a letter that accurately expresses my fear for the direction our political leaders, both state and federal, are t...
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Though culture has changed, higher education still the same process of discoveryAug 14, 2017 1:00 am - It's that time again. All over the United States, a fresh crop of high school seniors are heading off to some college campus to pursue a "higher" education. Here on our...
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End appeasement of North KoreaAug 15, 2017 11:28 am - Peace in our time. The 1938 slogan issued by England's Neville Chamberlain after surrendering Czechoslovakia to Adolf Hitler, the last list of appeasement activities tha...
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