Arlington Heights Opinion
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Can’t something be done about skunks?Oct 21, 2013 5:00 am - Arlington Heights stinks. And so do many Chicago area suburbs. I’m talking about skunks. The skunk problem in the suburbs has been growing over the last few years. The s...
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What’s fair in D23 is true for citizens, tooOct 21, 2013 5:00 am - As the District 23 teachers ask for a fair contract, don’t we also have to ask what’s a fair wage for the teachers; i.e. how does their current situation compare with th...
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Negotiating spirit missing from White HouseOct 21, 2013 5:00 am - Shelby Foote, acclaimed author of the Civil War trilogy by the same name, once said the root cause of that tragedy was our collective unwillingness to compromise. “Compr...
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Take rebate, treat your ash trees nowOct 21, 2013 5:00 am - Imagine fall without trees and leaves. That’s what you’ll get if you don’t treat your Ash trees now. Without mature trees that home you plan to use for your kid’s colleg...
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Schakowsky embarrasses herself and othersOct 20, 2013 5:00 am - The U.S. government is shut down due to the failure of Congress to pass the budget for fiscal year 2014. The principle reason for the impasse is the effort to defund the...
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Obamacare has too many questionsOct 20, 2013 5:00 am - What is wrong with Congress and the White House — are they again children? “I got my candy first so I’m the favorite! Hah, then I just won’t play!” Does that seem famili...
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Politicians have all the say in major projectsOct 19, 2013 5:00 am - The real reason supporters want to build the Illiana tollway is because the politicians have invested a lot of their money buying up the property around it in anticipati...
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The SoapboxOct 19, 2013 5:00 am - A special homecoming queen, Part 1: We can’t say enough about the seniors at Downers Grove North High School, especially Mary Doro, who nominated her friend Anne Wagner ...
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The alluring, but unfinished, saga of Cook County budgetOct 17, 2013 5:00 am - The story of the 2014 Cook County budget, unveiled last week by county board President Toni Preckwinkle, sounds very alluring today but may not be entirely evident until...
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GOP frequently has candidate forumsOct 14, 2013 5:00 am - I wish to correct the record regarding (Elk Grove Township GOP committeeman) candidate (Scott) Lietzow’s pronouncement that “If I hadn’t decided to run, the township wou...