Arlington Heights Opinion
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Showing the courage of their convictionsJun 08, 2015 5:00 am - Just a note to applaud Greg Padovani for having the courage to make an unpopular decision in canceling the Arlington Heights Memorial Day parade because, as the leader o...
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Candy Days officials say thanks for helpJun 08, 2015 5:00 am - Several weeks ago, Misericordia Home (a residential home for children and adults with mental and/or physical challenges) held its 30th Candy Days fundraiser! Thousands o...
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Our fire and police depts. are the bestJun 08, 2015 5:00 am - Simply the best! Thanks to the Arlington Heights police and fire departments for all you do each and every day. I am very lucky to live in a community with such highly t...
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Don't mess with our two garbage pickupsJun 08, 2015 5:00 am - Unfortunately, two of our recently re-elected trustees feel they received a mandate to reduce a service that most residents of Arlington Heights value and enjoy - twice ...
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Cut trash pickups back to once a weekJun 08, 2015 5:00 am - Kudos to village trustees Sidor and Scaletta for proposing the change to a single weekly pickup upon expiration of the (garbage) contract next year. This will reduce nei...
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Critical of decision to call off paradeJun 08, 2015 5:00 am - How can golf tournaments routinely have their events with tens of thousands of (people in the) gallery attending with the threat of inclement weather occasionally around...
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Memorial ceremony site not appropriateJun 08, 2015 5:00 am - The decision by Arlington Heights to move its Memorial Day ceremony to Christian Liberty Academy was inappropriate. Memorial Day honors the memory of all those who gave ...
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Doesn't want trash pickups to changeJun 08, 2015 5:00 am - I am writing in regard to the article in the May 19 Daily Herald about elimination of twice weekly pickup. About every four years this matter comes up. I am in favor of ...
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State has failed to manage pensionsJun 06, 2015 1:00 am - In response to a letter published Saturday, May 30, submitted by Greg Stimpson regarding Christine Eggert's assertion that she has paid her 9 percent into the TRS regula...
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Financial salvation through gambling?Jun 04, 2015 1:00 am - I am awestruck by Arlington Heights Mayor Tom Hayes' sudden revelation and his conversion to fiscal salvation through whirling slot machines and clicking poker chips. ...