Barrington Hills Opinion
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Driver’s reputation second to kids’ livesJan 19, 2011 12:00 am - Methinks thou protest too much Mr. Shacter (Fence Post, Jan. 11). I have a question for you. Would you put your child or grandchild on a bus driven by that drunk woman? ...
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More eloquence, less cussing neededJan 19, 2011 12:00 am - Obama’s speech and the Gettysburg Address: No they are not equivalent. What is relevant is exactly why all these people are ranting. The same reason Washington and Patto...
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Finally, lawmakers showed courageJan 19, 2011 12:00 am - It took 30 years, but the Illinois legislature finally looked in the face of the GOP and said that it was time to quit whining about saddling our grandchildren with debt...
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Can we trust any politician?Jan 19, 2011 12:00 am - Now that our leaders have once again stuck it to us, we must vote in two years for state representatives. Let’s vote people who will stand up for the people and not foll...
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Speech can be as dangerous as a gunJan 19, 2011 12:00 am - In response to Mr. Constable’s article, “Guns Fail,” no matter what anyone can do to prevent something like the shooting in Tucson from happening it is going to happen. ...
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News headline too opinionatedJan 19, 2011 12:00 am - I spent much of the first day after Illinois legislators voted to raise taxes from 3 percent to 5 percent explaining to worried people that, no, they shouldn’t worry tha...
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Courageous vote for tax increaseJan 19, 2011 12:00 am - I am writing this letter in response to the local media holding up lawmakers who voted against an income tax rate increase this week, a measure that was clearly needed, ...
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Shooting in Tucson no great surpriseJan 18, 2011 8:00 am - Concerning the shooting rampage in Arizona: Everyone from the president to Sarah Palin are expressing shock and surprise at this terrible act, which shocks and surprises...
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Question idle school busesJan 18, 2011 12:00 am - Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 6:30 a.m. To 7:30 a.m. I am driving Grass Lake Road from State Park to Route 59, taking my wife to dialysis in Antioch, and coming...
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Tax share plan borne of desperationJan 18, 2011 12:00 am - Businesses are migratory in nature. They go where people will feed them. Decades ago, retailers in a once-vibrant downtown Elgin moved up river to West Dundee to enjoy m...