Arlington Heights Opinion
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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...
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Church should keep houses, save moneyApr 08, 2013 5:00 am - I have heard that The Orchard Evangelical Free Church is planning to demolish eight beautiful homes to expand their parking lot for no reason as there is no neighborhood...
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Orchard church should drop planApr 08, 2013 5:00 am - I would suggest to the trustees of Orchard Evangelical Free Church to reject the notion of removing church-owned dwellings and building more parking space. There is a si...
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Only solution is to ban gunsApr 07, 2013 5:00 am - Only solution is to ban guns The state of Illinois has the toughest gun laws of all 50 states. Ms. Yates (Fence Post, March 12) is clueless on the matter. The major...