Barrington Hills Opinion
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Arlington patrons are generous indeedDec 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Giving the gift of reading is a popular tradition among Arlington Heights readers. Arlington Heights Memorial Library's Holiday Book Drive collected 600 new children's b...
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District 211 not being responsibleDec 20, 2009 10:00 pm - The prior year's levy was $193.6 million. The next year's levy is $194.8 million. That is an increase of $1.2 million. Sorry for being blunt, but that's simply not a red...
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Grade schoolers get too much homeworkDec 20, 2009 10:00 pm - I am a grandmother who watches my daughter and grandchildren nightly get frustrated over the amount of homework they are given to do every day. They are given about two ...
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How do we slow bus drivers?Dec 19, 2009 10:00 pm - What is being done about the speeding problem on Middle Street in South Elgin? Very little. I am friends with our police chief and village administrator, who used to be ...
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We aren't convinced Gitmo must closeDec 19, 2009 10:00 pm - We have never been given a good reason why the prison at Gitmo should be closed. There have be allegations made that prisoners have been tortured at Gitmo, but are those...
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Standardized tests need a second lookDec 19, 2009 10:00 pm - A problem with today's school system is that too much value is placed on the standard tests given each year. I think the importance of standard testing needs to be re-ev...
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Thanks for help on slippery roadDec 19, 2009 10:00 pm - I would like to thank the good samaritans who stopped to help when I slid off the road on Big Timber Road in Elgin the evening of Dec. 9. First, thanks to the people in ...
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Rehashing history a waste of timeDec 19, 2009 10:00 pm - This is in response to Peter Grant's absurd letter about what the world would be like without George W. Bush. First of all, the premise of the post is a waste of paper a...
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Reform won't help if you're sick, oldDec 19, 2009 10:00 pm - The health care reform bill does not matter! The Democrats and Obama are already killing Americans. My wife has been on dialysis for both kidneys not functioning for a y...
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Now is the time for Americans to step upDec 19, 2009 10:00 pm - "Yes We Can." Not "Obama Can." How many of us feel that our great nation is losing its luster? How many of us look to the government to solve our problems? We Americans...