Opinion Stories from October 21, 2012 (Change date)
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Backyard fires are the pits for neighborsOct 21, 2012 5:00 am - The fire pit may look nice, but I’m sorry, I do not condone them or other means of burning wood in your backyard. The smoke from them causes pollution, and as a person w...
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Endorsement: Yes to appoint Island Lake clerkOct 21, 2012 5:00 am - Island Lake voters will decide whether the village clerk should continue to be an elected office or will become an appointed post similar to the police chief or other to...
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A Romney vote is a setback for womenOct 21, 2012 5:00 am - Mitt Romney’s position on women should be of grave concern. Certainly, a man who has spent his “entire life in private business” has met qualified, capable women over th...
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Obama shouldn’t demonize ‘rich’Oct 21, 2012 5:00 am - President Obama has partially succeeded in his campaign of class warfare and demonizing the “rich” because they somehow aren’t paying their fair share. This was evidence...
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Business experience an asset for RomneyOct 21, 2012 5:00 am - I have followed with interest your recent coverage of the election. However, one key fact has been underemphasized in your reporting. Please remind your readers that our...
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Herald’s agenda shows in endorsementOct 21, 2012 5:00 am - As a member of the 8th Congressional District, I ended my subscription to the Daily Herald after its endorsement of Tammy Duckworth. Please go to the classified section ...
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Endorsement: Yes on appointment of Bloomingdale clerkOct 21, 2012 5:00 am - Bloomingdale residents will be asked whether their village clerk should be appointed rather than elected, beginning next April. State law allows village boards to make t...
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The great gaffeOct 21, 2012 5:00 am - Fight night at Hofstra. The two boxers, confined within a ring of spectators — circling, feinting, taunting, staring each other down — come several times, by my reckonin...
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The weird political war between the generationsOct 21, 2012 5:00 am - A weird war between the generations is growing, and the Republican candidates are the mongers. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan both accuse President Obama of taking money out ...
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An ‘A in creativity, death and taxesOct 21, 2012 5:00 am - It is amazing that there are people in America who, Hamlet-like, cannot decide, until after the debate points are tallied, whether this country needs rescuing. Fence-sit...
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