Arlington Heights Opinion
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Beef has impact on the environmentApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - With all our talk about eco-friendly products and carbon blueprints, why don't we hear more from the media about a larger impact on the environment -- beef? In the U.S....
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Remember: Actions have consequencesApr 22, 2008 11:00 pm - It seems to be time to welcome a new word -- consequence -- into our vocabularies. This word has been around for a long time, however. Apparently its meaning made peo...
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Crime alters views on gun controlApr 22, 2008 11:00 pm - It would be interesting to know how many of those so vehemently opposed to gun ownership have themselves been a victim of crime? Not a relative, someone they know, jus...
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It's time to reassess religious tax breaksApr 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Recent news about the suspected abuse of young women and children of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is disturbing. Even more disturbing i...
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Keep Sherman out of headlinesApr 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Finally, the Daily Herald is giving Rob Sherman the press he deserves, quoting MSNBC's Keith Olbermann as anointing Sherman with the title "Worst person in the world." W...
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Don't discourage adoption optionApr 20, 2008 11:00 pm - I feel empathy for all the adopted people who are looking for their roots -- family trees -- and are resentful that their moms and dads did not want ever to be c...
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Downtown needs handicap spacesApr 20, 2008 11:00 pm - I would like to know why there are no handicapped parking spaces in downtown Arlington Heights. I know in the parking garage there are some, but nothing close to the sho...
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Save Hersey guitar program from cutsApr 20, 2008 11:00 pm - I was notified about Hersey cutting its guitar program a couple weeks ago, and I have to say I was and am extremely shocked and saddened by the news. I graduated from He...
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RTA does well to keep pressure on for capital planApr 19, 2008 11:00 pm - No one denies the need for a capital projects budget in Illinois. The lingering question has been whether state political leaders can stop squabbling long enough to find...
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Towns have a duty to pension reformApr 19, 2008 11:00 pm - After reading the reaction to the Daily Herald's recent article and editorial on local officials' concerns with public safety pension funding, I must respond on behalf o...