Arlington Heights Opinion
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Snow forts can be dangerousFeb 28, 2009 10:00 pm - This is regarding the snow fort photos published in the Daily Herald. Snow forts can be fun but are also dangerous. These tunnels or overhangs can collapse and the weigh...
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Illinois should start with simple reformsFeb 28, 2009 10:00 pm - Current problems in Illinois show the need for some action and/or legislation. We should have an amendment for recall of all state, county and local officials. Perhaps w...
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A welcome rush toward transparencyFeb 28, 2009 10:00 pm - How quickly good ideas spread. About a month and a half ago, we used this space to congratulate DuPage County Auditor Bob Grogan on his novel approach to transparency in...
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Group seeks end to abuse in child careFeb 27, 2009 10:00 pm - In response to the recent tragedy, the death of 16-month-old Benjamin Kingan, we have developed Illinois' first grass-roots organization known as Stop Abuse in Daycare (...
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Obama mishandled Wall Street pay issueFeb 26, 2009 10:00 pm - A clear majority apparently agree that Wall Street executive pay is excessive, if not obscene. President Obama's $500,000 cap both fails to address the problem and lets ...
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Gay rights is today's civil rights battleFeb 25, 2009 10:00 pm - When my perceptive grandfather was a labor organizer in the South in the 1910s, he wrote Samuel Gompers, head of the AFL, that "black people want the same things for the...
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View sounds like 'Do as I say, not as I do'Feb 25, 2009 10:00 pm - John Stossel shouts down the importance of a college education. Unless Google is mistaken, Mr. Stossel graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor's in Psycholo...
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Can Rozner write without showing off?Feb 24, 2009 10:00 pm - In most cases I really like reading Barry Rozner's column. However there are times when he comes across as very arrogant. He attempts to portray himself as the most know...
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Keep snow on your own property, pleaseFeb 22, 2009 10:00 pm - This has not been a "fun" winter! I would like to thank everyone responsible for clearing the streets in Arlington Heights. Not only is the snow gone quickly, but the ro...
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Time to secede from Cook County?Feb 21, 2009 10:00 pm - Recently, five members of the Illinois General Assembly reached out to Hanover Township Supervisor Mike Kelly and several other township supervisors in Northwest Cook Co...