Buffalo Grove Opinion
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Editorial: The case for township road districts' demiseOct 02, 2018 11:00 pm - A Wheeling Township experiment recently caught our eye. The township eliminated the elected position of highway commissioner and in the first year dropped its tax collec...
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Time for Palatine to revisit raising the minimum wageSep 13, 2018 5:00 am - On May 8, 2017, Palatine Mayor Jim Schwantz and the Village Council unanimously opted out of the Cook County ordinances increasing the minimum wage and instituting paid ...
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Letter: In politics, you can't accept things at face valueAug 28, 2018 1:00 am - On August 16, The Northwest Side GOP posted on Facebook a meeting that will take place on October 4 in Chicago. Above the printed information about the meeting, they pos...
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Get rid of procurement cards for elected officialsAug 21, 2018 1:00 am - Governments that issue credit or debit cards to elected officials have to pay the bill. Then, they can take it up with the person holding the card if there are questions...
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Says his new polling place is ridiculously far awayAug 13, 2018 5:00 am - I have lived in the same unincorporated subdivision for over 42 years. We were here before Buffalo Grove started scooping up property, and now Buffalo Grove is a half bl...
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Editorial: Wrong way to get Route 53 consensusJul 12, 2018 1:00 am - Tollway leaders want to extend Route 53 through the center of Lake County, as do some mayors and county officials and construction industry representatives who say it's ...
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Collection for troops went well beyond expectationsMay 31, 2018 5:00 am - Recently our group, Help USA Troops, organized a collection and packing drive to send care packages to deployed troops. Our Northwest suburban community of helpers inclu...
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Editorial: Line-of-duty pension a misguided gestureMay 17, 2018 1:00 am - Buffalo Grove officials should challenge fire department pension board ruling
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Endorsement: Broad for the Democrats as Lake County clerkMar 01, 2018 12:00 am - The two Democratic primary candidates for Lake County clerk tout vastly different personal experience in making their case for who is best suited to lead the office. Ve...
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Endorsement: Wynes for the GOP in Congress Dist. 10Feb 19, 2018 10:00 pm - After almost a decade of swinging back and forth between Democratic U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider and former Republican U.S. Rep. Bob Dold, the 10th Congressional District ha...