Barrington Hills Opinion
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Ideals are nice, but focus on factsJan 09, 2010 10:00 pm - If you are perceived as weak on security there are only two options available. The first is to change the perception through actual strength. The second is to somehow eq...
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No crying about airport scansJan 09, 2010 10:00 pm - We're not going to start crying about the body scanners that the airports are going to install, are we? Have we forgotten 9/11 and the almost 3,000 people that were murd...
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Keep Fahy on county boardJan 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Please vote to keep our extraordinarily dedicated and capable Kane County Board member, John Fahy, in office. His unflagging efforts to procure invaluable open-space par...
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Financial industry caused this collapseJan 09, 2010 10:00 pm - It's my opinion that one industry has most influenced the near collapse of the American system. It monopolizes, manipulates and controls real estate, transportation, sav...
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Work for people, not for partiesJan 09, 2010 10:00 pm - When are we going to hold the people we elect to office to the principles of working for their constituents? That means all of their constituents, not just the ones that...
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TV show doesn't belong on front pageJan 09, 2010 10:00 pm - In your Jan. 5 issue, your headline was about Donald Trump and our disgraced ex-governor. It seems to me that the front page should be defined by current, and meaningful...
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New leadership for a new yearJan 09, 2010 10:00 pm - New Years is a time when we try to cast off our old destructive habits, and adopt new, healthy ones. In 2010, I would encourage Illinois voters to resolve to stop electi...
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Community effort to preserve open spaceJan 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Your recent story about a vision to protect more open space in Lake County was first-rate (An Ambitious Vision to Save Land, November 13). While Cook and DuPage counties...
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Innumeracy abounds in TV, newspapersJan 09, 2010 10:00 pm - It began with the broadcast media. Then it hit the front page, as well as other pages. An industry that would not tolerate staff illiteracy, and supposedly triple-checks...
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Requiring Congress to use health planJan 08, 2010 10:00 pm - While I believe we need to address the needs of those with pre-existing health conditions, catastrophic costs incurred by serious and/or long-term illness, loss of benef...