Opinion Stories from September 17, 2012 (Change date)
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Editorial: Assessor stipend program fails to make senseSep 17, 2012 11:57 am - 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 8:28 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 8:00 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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Hoffman Estates works; let’s not ‘fix’ itSep 17, 2012 5:00 am - I have lived in Hoffman Estates for 34 years. I have been witness to plenty of years of contentious village boards and mayors. Now, I am happy to say, we have some well-...
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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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Kudos for another great BG StampedeSep 17, 2012 5:00 am - My thanks to the Buffalo Grove Park District and the many volunteers who, once again, made the Buffalo Grove Stampede a successful and well organized 5K and 10K walk and...
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Ask right questions when hiring rooferSep 17, 2012 5:00 am - We read recently in this newspaper the report about a roofing contractor arrested. It really shows that homeowners, building owners and managers still need to choose wis...
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Couldn’t Randhurst make up difference?Sep 17, 2012 5:00 am - On Friday, Aug. 17, you ran an article about Mount Prospect entertaining the idea of raising the vehicle sticker fee from $36 to $50, raising the gas tax from 2 cents up...
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Republicans trying to have it both waysSep 17, 2012 5:00 am - Republicans are making an all-out effort to sell the American people on their plans to save Medicare and Social Security. So it’s not surprising that they avoid mentioni...
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Teacher evaluations not doing the jobSep 17, 2012 5:00 am - In 1988 my oldest son attended kindergarten at CPS’ Beaubien School on Chicago’s North Side. Prior to the first parent-teacher conference, the kindergarten teacher sent ...
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