Arlington Heights Opinion
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Editorial: The win-win of first-time forgivenessOct 25, 2012 9:35 am - In 2009, the average number of inmates in Illinois prisons stood at 45,545. It grew to 47,504 the next year and to 48,978 in 2011, according to annual reports from the I...
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Campaigns ads lacking in substanceOct 25, 2012 9:14 am - I am still waiting to hear some concrete, viable and detailed plans from the presidential candidates for an economic turnaround. We, as a people, are not the most patien...
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Schakowsky won’t be changing anytime soonOct 25, 2012 5:00 am - Let me see if I have this straight. You endorse Jan Schakowsky even though “her politics are more liberal than our tastes, and her frequent partisanship is counterproduc...
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Editorial: Preckwinkle gives and takes Cook taxesOct 24, 2012 9:35 am - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle didn’t initiate a 1-percentage-point county sales tax increase in 2008, Her predecessor Todd Stroger did. But Preckwinkle di...
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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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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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Obamacare weighs heavily on charitiesOct 20, 2012 5:00 am - Even the Little Sisters of the Poor are complaining about the heath care mandate to charitable intuitions. The sisters house 2,500 poor, old people in their homes — that...
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Endorsement: Yes on Arlington Heights parks proposalOct 19, 2012 5:00 am - We thought Arlington Heights residents shouldn’t pass up the opportunity last spring to leverage low borrowing and construction costs to make needed renovation work at s...
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We already told the park district ‘no’Oct 19, 2012 5:00 am - It seems like we the people just fended off one obscene attempt by the park district to stick us with $48 million in completely unneeded buildings in March, and barely f...
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Sente would bring genuine leadershipOct 19, 2012 5:00 am - Voters of the 59th Legislative District have a difficult choice to make between two incumbent representatives. We have known each of them for a long time, and have consi...