Bartlett Opinion
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Why it might really pay to be lucky rather than goodApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - I think I first heard the expression on the golf course. A guy skulls a short pitch shot. Instead of a highly lofted shot that lands softly on the green, it takes off li...
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Property taxes add to mortgage crisisApr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Much has been written recently about rising home mortgages in the face of the credit crisis and adjustable rate mortgages and the like. But overlooked in the discussion ...
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Will we ever end state corruption?Apr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - I am appalled at the recent testimony and ongoing trial of Mr. Rezko. It seems that in Illinois politics, you can change the person, you can change the party yet you st...
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Greenberg is right for the 8th DistrictApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - I'm writing today to commend Steve Greenberg, the Republican candidate for Congress in the 8th District. He recently conducted a tele-town hall that I participated in. T...
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Untimely pay raises for mayor, trusteesApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Raising the pay of local elected officials can be a tricky subject. In the first place, most elected officials don't get into community leadership for the money, and tha...
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Chronicling elusive standard of judgment by 'content of character'Apr 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Random thoughts: Sometimes the news is its own object lesson. Daily Herald Staff Writer Emily Krone worked for a week and a half to find and interview suburbanites who c...
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Time for a little spring cleaningApr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Another spring is on the way and Bartlett is dirtier than ever. Everywhere you look, garbage litters the streets, the parkways, fences and shrubbery. I have spoken on nu...
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Company trying to split communitiesApr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Canadian National is attempting to pit the residents of the 80 communities Canadian National trains currently pass through against the "over-privileged" residents of Bar...
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Educators aren't just principals, teachersApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Now comes the story of Al Weber. Weber, as Daily Herald reporter Sheila Ahern wrote last week, was not what we normally think of when we hear the word educator. He was ...
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Ultimately, public must clean up messApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Once again we hear about our friend Todd Stroger, Cook County Board president, who just gave his cousin a 12 percent raise. His cousin's battle cry before the election ...