Barrington Hills Opinion
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Keep tax break for nonprofit hospitalsSep 27, 2011 5:00 am - Not-for-profit hospitals must be ready to treat sick and injured people 24 hours a day regardless of a patient’s ability to pay. Free health care is given to many ill pa...
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Part-timers may need assistance tooSep 27, 2011 5:00 am - As I see the jobless rates so high and such a poor economy, I hope and pray for things to get better for all those people who are suffering. Along with the unemployed pe...
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Proof that firefighters should be employeesSep 26, 2011 4:00 am - On Wednesday, September 14th, I received a call at work advising me that our house was on fire. This is not something that I had ever envisioned that I would experience ...
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Smog decision puts lives at riskSep 26, 2011 4:00 am - For too long, smog pollution has left our children gasping for breath. Unfortunately, rather than acting decisively to protect our kids from this dangerous air pollution...
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9/11 service went off topic, he feelsSep 26, 2011 4:00 am - On morning of 9/11/2011, my family and I walked to the Mount Prospect Village Green to support first responders, and together observe their heroic actions as they that d...
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Kill the weeds, and road will last longerSep 26, 2011 4:00 am - As the bridge over Route 53 on Dundee reaches completion, I am reminded how nice a newly completed repaired road can look and feel when driving. My concern is that on ei...
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Wants D15 to bag idea of student farmSep 26, 2011 4:00 am - “Nutritious, sustainable and locally grown food has long been a passion of ... Dist. 15 Superintendent Scott Thompson.” Mr. Thompson may be an avid gardener, but he’s cl...
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Has Will shifted position on rulingSep 26, 2011 4:00 am - George Will’s column, “A ruling’s valuable rehabilitation” (Sept. 9), ignored the overwhelming rejection of the position he advocates by conservative jurists — and by Ge...
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Thinks ‘coffees’ are really campaign stopsSep 26, 2011 4:00 am - So Schaumburg Township Assessor Lawson announces that he is going to start a new program whereby people can host a “Coffee with the Assessor” under the guise of “educati...
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Juvenile prisons not cost effectiveSep 26, 2011 4:00 am - Gov. Pat Quinn’s plan to close some state facilities to address budget shortfalls will put pressure on legislators to find new money to avoid the cuts, but one of the cu...