Arlington Heights Opinion
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Are you getting that assessment freeze?Nov 29, 2010 10:00 pm - I have discovered that several people who qualify for and have applied for the senior assessment freeze exemption for the 2009 second installment property tax bill have ...
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Top 2 percent don't deserve tax cutsNov 29, 2010 10:00 pm - The argument for extending the Bush tax cuts for the upper 2 percent is that this small segment of Americans are the most creative, adventurous job-creating engines that...
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Bush was right to go to war with IraqNov 29, 2010 10:00 pm - I was an artillery lieutenant watching Iraqi vehicles in front of us escape north the last night of Desert Storm. We had just been ordered to stop engaging; I felt then ...
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TSA rules infringe on privacy rightsNov 28, 2010 10:00 pm - The threat of protests over body scans and pat downs at our airports should energize both the left and the right. Common sense tells us that none of the security measur...
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We've learned little from the electionNov 28, 2010 10:00 pm - Thank goodness the election is over and we can now go back to watching TV without muting the disgusting political commercials. Some $3 billion was spent on these ads, an...
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Curbing Chicago Street siege needs Olympian effortNov 27, 2010 10:00 pm - As President Barack Obama was smarting from a dozen stitches after an errant basketball elbow to the mouth, there was a real foul being committed here on the home front....
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Legalized cannabis could ease state debtNov 27, 2010 10:00 pm - In response to Mr. Williams' letter regarding history and our nation's debt, I would like to add that the “Noble Experiment” occurred from 1920-1933 and its repeal aided...
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Consider the public purpose of marriageNov 27, 2010 10:00 pm - There has been considerable media coverage of a bill to legalize same-sex “civil unions” in Illinois. But why hasn't anyone in the media dared to address the heart of th...
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Arlington Hts. shouldn't fight unwinnable caseNov 27, 2010 10:00 pm - As an Arlington Heights resident and prudent citizen, it concerns me that our village board is planning on being a defendant, incurring totally unnecessary legal and cou...
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Hersey HS community generous in driveNov 27, 2010 10:00 pm - For the 39th year, John Hersey High School conducted their annual food drive from Nov. 15-Nov. 19. The annual event was coordinated by the Service Over Self Club and the...