Bloomingdale Opinion
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Conflicts in health care legislationOct 15, 2011 4:00 am - Three cases the Supreme Court might hear during its term that began Oct. 3 include President Obama’s health care act, the authority of local police to arrest illegal imm...
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Enrollment down, but tax rates upOct 15, 2011 4:00 am - With the state-required filing of student enrollment now in the books, we finally get a look at Indian Prairie Unit District 204’s numbers for 2011. To give you a very ...
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Cooperation inherits, uses the windOct 13, 2011 5:00 am - It’s always good to see a good idea move forward, even if slowly. Carpentersville-based Community Unit District 300, Keeneyville Elementary District 20 and Prospect Heig...
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Sound policy on immigrantsOct 13, 2011 5:00 am - Kudos to Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle for not letting the tyranny of the anecdote drive policy with respect to the county ordinance that honors the U.S. ...
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Someone should ask Sara Lee whyOct 12, 2011 5:00 am - Thank you for the paragraph in the Daily Herald, Oct 6, reporting of the sale of three of the five fresh bakery lines of the Sara Lee Corporation to a Mexican bakery lin...
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Wall St. protesters embody our angerOct 12, 2011 5:00 am - Who cares if the Occupy Wall Street protesters have no specific agenda? The point is that their growing numbers represent millions of Americans who realize that somethin...
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Marathoners have inspiring story to tellOct 12, 2011 5:00 am - Marathoners hear the quips all the time. They go something like this: “I get tired driving 26.2 miles, I don’t know how you can run that far.” And yet thousands do each ...
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Where’s the change we voted for?Oct 12, 2011 5:00 am - The trend since at least 1980 has been more and more wealth for the wealthy, whether individuals or corporations. Let’s look at where we are. Is the economy healthy? No...
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Safeguards needed for government tablets useOct 11, 2011 5:00 am - It’s easy to be impressed with the iPad and other tablet computers. Sleek, portable, lightweight technology at your fingertips. What’s not to like? Just as they are embr...
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Let sheriff do his job, ICE do theirsOct 10, 2011 5:00 am - Mayor Ron Craig of Hanover Park should not be blamed for his misreading of the Cook County ordinance that tells the federal government to stop using County resources to ...