Barrington Hills Opinion
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Is Dist. 211 operating in a financial vacuum?Dec 06, 2009 10:00 pm - I just looked at the second installment of my 2008 Tax Bill. What is going on over there? Are they aware that the unemployment rate in Illinois is about 15-20% when peop...
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Bilingual kids will have more successDec 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Ontarioville Elementary School should teach Spanish as a second language to students who do not speak it. I believe it is essential to teach Spanish to students who are ...
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High schools should be frank about STIsDec 06, 2009 10:00 pm - In the past few years the number of people infected by sexually transmitted infections has increased. Streamwood High School (should) provide more information about sexu...
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Mandatory recycling a good idea for areaDec 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Recycling is a simple thing that everyone can do to help save the environment, yet many people do not bother separating their garbage to be recycled. I believe that a ma...
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When did we become reliant on government?Dec 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Recently, one of Channel 11's programs was about the "Dust Bowl" that occurred during the 1930s. Being a child, I did not fully understand what had happened during this ...
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What's a climate czar, anyway?Dec 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Let me start by saying people like myself who question the motives of the global warming, excuse me, climate change crowd are not pro-pollution. We don't walk around say...
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Health care is about doctors, patientsDec 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Thank you for your editorial, "Get vaccine to those who need it most". Indeed medical offices have been waiting to get H1N1 vaccines for their patients while health depa...
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Do-gooders do not do goodDec 04, 2009 10:00 pm - This is in response to Ms. Harrop's Nov. 26 editorial regarding the health care spending debate. Having worked in health care for 40 years I'm more aware of the issues, ...
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All signs point to bad governmentDec 04, 2009 10:00 pm - I was never a proponent for term limits. However, my opinion has changed. It is obvious to me that people in government could care less about the hardworking taxpaying c...
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Saturday Soapbox: Kane Co. weathers tough timesDec 04, 2009 10:00 pm - When times get tough: It's been a rough road these last few months in Kane County government, in which the marriage of county board members and the county's elected depa...