Arlington Heights Opinion
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Cats aren’t alone preying on birdsApr 20, 2013 5:00 am - Froma Harrop, thanks for the interesting column, “Cats and dingoes: a birds-eye view.” There is just one thing you forgot to mention: hawks. I have at least one dead bir...
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Let’s question U.S. purchases of armsApr 20, 2013 5:00 am - Why is the U.S. government buying up 1.6 billion bullets for Homeland Security? Many of these are hollow-point bullets. This will create a shortage of bullets for the Am...
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Tolerance must come from both sidesApr 14, 2013 5:00 am - Tolerance must come from both sides “The Bible should never be used to promote or oppose legislation and public policy,” according to Mr. Fanella in the March 24 Fe...
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Editorial: Do we fight over pensions? Or find solutions?Apr 14, 2013 5:00 am - Last Monday, our Editor John Lampinen announced that the Daily Herald will be co-sponsoring a public forum later this month with Reboot Illinois, a civic-minded digital ...
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The SoapboxApr 13, 2013 5:00 am - Winfield does its duty: Let’s hear it for the civic-minded citizenry of the village of Winfield. In a town of about 9,000 people, where hardball and contentious politics...
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We pay taxes for things we don’t useApr 13, 2013 5:00 am - After reading the article in the March 28 morning paper regarding the property tax debate in Long Grove, I had a good laugh about Mr. Borawski’s comment “That’s a heck o...
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Eminent domain part of foreclosure solutionApr 13, 2013 5:00 am - As of March 28, the U.S. had 90,566 vacant homes in foreclosure (what the industry calls zombie homes). Florida led with 90,566, but Illinois was second with 31,688. It ...
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Teach children math skills early onApr 11, 2013 5:00 am - Please rerun the article by Lauran Neergaard (“Early number sense plays role in math skills,” April 1). It deserves better placement in your paper. When the writer state...
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Be on the right side of historyApr 10, 2013 5:00 am - I would like to respond to Mr. Jim Finnegan’s letter of March 19 opposing same-sex marriage. I do not wish to attack Mr. Finnegan personally. He is within his right to e...
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A summary of our endorsements in Cook County racesApr 08, 2013 10:01 am - Here is a summary of Daily Herald endorsements in Cook County municipal and school board races and local referendums. Municipal races Arlington Heights village pres...