Barrington Hills Opinion
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Wealth threshold is too randomMay 15, 2010 11:00 pm - The politicians in Springfield and Washington have arbitrarily and unilaterally decided wealthy citizens are people who earn $200,000-$250,000 or more, annually. People ...
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Medical marijuana will ease sufferingMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Fourteen states allow people who are suffering from serious conditions like cancer, epilepsy and muscular dystrophy to use marijuana to make their pain bearable. Let's b...
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Need stronger stance on abuseMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Bishop Thomas Paprocki of the Springfield Diocese said earlier that child abuse lawsuits are cutting into charitable works. Catholic charities, senior living and hospita...
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Not much on which to fault GiannouliasMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Mark Kirk has apparently found only one issue with which to attack Alexi Giannoulias. That is the family bank. This is in itself a testimonial to Giannoulias. To hang th...
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Parochial bus cuts amplify burdenMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Dr. Arndt, shame on you and the District 300 school board for balancing the budget for the education deficits on the backs of the parents of the parochial school student...
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Teachers are pension scapegoatsMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - No one could express the problem with the state pension shortfall more precisely and concisely than did Mr. Randall in his letter May 9. He said "... Illinois has the wo...
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America now sees Obama as a mistakeMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - I would like to thank President Obama. Without him my country never would have been awakened due to the policies we will soon experience. Just look at the many polls in...
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Financial reform sorely neededMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - The United States Senate recently plunged to the depths of political hypocrisy. As senators from all political stripe castigated executives from Goldman Sachs for financ...
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Under, overpasses save time, moneyMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - As you may be aware, there was a tragic collision in the southern suburb of University Park during the evening of April 16th in which a young woman driving a car was kil...
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Can't silence foes of big governmentMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - The Mayor of Barrington Hills letter "It's about business, not about socialism" should have been titled "Shut your mouths, pay your taxes, how dare you question the wisd...