Buffalo Grove Opinion
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Editorial: A close-to-home economic strategySep 19, 2012 8:59 am - At a meeting with the Daily Herald editorial board this week, Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin reflected on the usual topics — political dysfunction in Washington, the o...
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MSNBC, Fox ‘News’ dividing the countrySep 18, 2012 5:00 am - I put the quotation marks around “News” because it really is a stretch to call it news. I am watching the Democratic National Convention, jumping from C-SPAN, to MSNBC, ...
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Glacial pace of Quentin Road work just not acceptableSep 17, 2012 5:00 am - Many of you probably are just as frustrated as I am about the lethargic construction of Quentin Road in Palatine (I think Rome was built quicker). I inquired about the t...
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Kudos for another great BG StampedeSep 17, 2012 5:00 am - My thanks to the Buffalo Grove Park District and the many volunteers who, once again, made the Buffalo Grove Stampede a successful and well organized 5K and 10K walk and...
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Prospect Hts. library spending is too highSep 17, 2012 5:00 am - We are seniors and paid $582.98 in taxes to the Prospect Heights library. For that amount we could buy 116 paperbacks a year at Costco — about two per week. This is insa...
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Mathias position on pensions needs inkSep 17, 2012 5:00 am - I am really disappointed in your coverage of this town hall meeting with Mathias/Braiman/Stolman Aug. 13. The article you released mentioned very little about Representa...
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No need for park district tax hikeSep 17, 2012 5:00 am - The aspect of our elected leaders being cost-conscious is totally lost by projecting costs above current high tax dollars now levied; unfortunately it’s on the national,...
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Sisters’ story offers hope for futureSep 15, 2012 5:00 am - What a wonderful story about these two amazing sisters from Long Grove! Beautiful, brilliant and passionate about life, they are truly inspiring to senior citizens as we...
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Teachers take hit for low scores unfairlySep 13, 2012 3:07 pm - Many of us are weighing in on the Chicago teachers strike in Chicagom which has implications across the country. What is at stake here is that those who are trained and ...
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Start fixing pension problem nowSep 11, 2012 5:00 am - The grossly underfunded Illinois pensions are a man-made calamity and train wreck of greed. No matter what the design, the state appears to have used them as cookie jars...