Barrington Opinion
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We should start recall process nowNov 14, 2010 10:00 pm - You supported Pat Quinn, and now that we have approved recall, I submit we should start the process now. Mark Kirk, the Democrat-Republican senator-elect in Illinois, ha...
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Stop anonymous campaign PACsNov 14, 2010 10:00 pm - It's just wrong. Secret campaign cash should have has no place in our democracy. But now the largest campaign expenditures in history are funding campaign advertising, a...
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Ethics panel should investigate HartsteinNov 13, 2010 10:00 pm - It would seems to me that now that we have an Ethics Committee created by the Village of Buffalo Grove, its first order of business should be the investigation of Presid...
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BG mayor's 'act' far worse than Stone'sNov 13, 2010 10:00 pm - Elliott Hartstein, the mayor. How ugly, how common, how gross, repugnant and repelling. He, master of the “special use zoning tricks” to advance his own business talk a...
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Elk Grove couple marvels at act of kindnessNov 13, 2010 10:00 pm - My husband and I were at the Secretary of State drivers renewal in Schaumburg and could not find the keys to our car. We thought they were in the car. This wonderful lad...
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Tax increase notice must be jokeNov 13, 2010 12:00 am - So I’m reading the Daily Herald on Saturday when I come across a notice entitled: “NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX INCREASE FOR BARRINGTON COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT...
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Don’t fall for it, Buffalo GroveNov 13, 2010 12:00 am - In a recent essay, BG Trustee Jeff Berman sounded almost statesman-like. Indeed, his pontificating and finger wagging at our village president, Elliott Hartstein, almost...
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Earliest Thanksgiving?Nov 12, 2010 10:00 pm - The consensus is that Thanksgiving Day originated with New England Puritans in the 17th century to celebrate the fact that the people's distresses were relieved after cr...
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NFL's helmet-hit rule misguidedNov 11, 2010 10:00 pm - As an attorney, I am shocked by the discussions regarding hard hits in football. In the law, there is a concept called “Assumption of Risk.” Anyone who is a football pla...
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Saturday Soapbox: Neighbors helping neghborsNov 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Neighbors helping neighbors: Rarely do you see the level of community spirit we've seen lately exhibited by Elgin's downtown merchants. When Pat Keeney was hospital...