Barrington Hills Opinion
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Don’t blame public workers for woesOct 24, 2011 5:00 am - For years, a small but very wealthy group, the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago, has been railing against public pensions. Last spring they lobbied for ...
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IMSA president deserves his payOct 24, 2011 5:00 am - Dr. Max McGee is the poster child for double-dipping in Illinois? He’s the second president in the 25-year history of Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. IMSA is I...
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Got exemption back, but law still wrongOct 24, 2011 5:00 am - Thanks to your article on 9/28/11 regarding the senior exemption. Upon review of our property tax records, my wife and I discovered that the Cook County Assessor’s Offic...
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Look at the good teens are doingOct 23, 2011 6:00 am - The Oct. 11 Associated Press article, “Police say teens plotted Palos Park murders for months,” disgusted me in so many ways. I hate seeing stories like this where teens...
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Look to Depression history and learnOct 23, 2011 6:00 am - Jim Hader (Fence Post, Sept. 22) may be the only one who knows about a “Greater Depression” of 1920, which lasted only 10 months. On planet Earth, there is nothing that ...
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Let the nonprofits take over? Bad idea.Oct 23, 2011 6:00 am - The Daily Herald has taken the last week to explore the negative impact of delayed state payments to nonprofits who provide services to vulnerable citizens. Isn’t this t...
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Oct 22, 2011 5:00 am - No Way, EDA. I have had the privilege of serving the students in District 300 for the past 25 years. As a teacher, coach and administrator, I have observed first hand th...
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County home not meant to make profitOct 22, 2011 5:00 am - On Tuesday, Oct. 11, the Lake County Board voted 15 to 8 to privatize Winchester House. Many Commissioners and staff spoke about how under present conditions Winchester ...
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Three steps to fix our national deficitOct 22, 2011 5:00 am - The October issue of Money magazine has a long article “what no one is telling you” about Medicare. The writer identifies the problems but offers no solutions. I see a s...
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We need real action from administrationOct 22, 2011 5:00 am - Let us all ask former Sen. Russ Feingold to run for president. I know he has already said “no” to that, but the idea of a strong left challenge to the Bush Jr. in the Wh...