Buffalo Grove Opinion
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Republicans reap what they've sownJun 04, 2016 1:00 am - House Speaker Ryan recently complained that the Democrats voted down the Republican appropriations bill as an act of "sabotage," as he described it. Imagine that! After ...
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Is Rt. 53 study just a ploy?Jun 03, 2016 1:00 am - We urge the tollway board to desist: No Environmental Impact Study! To keep insisting on the EIS despite that the 53 project does not have and never had the majority sup...
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Find new alternatives for Lake gridlockMay 19, 2016 1:00 am - It is apparent that the Route 53 extension north of Lake-Cook Road is all but dead. Therefore, Lake County must consider other options to alleviate the daily gridlock on...
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Editorial: Voters have chance to drop an archaic school positionMay 11, 2016 11:00 pm - Every few years, Cook County residents are reminded that their county supports the last vestige of one of the most archaic layers of government in modern times. These ar...
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Term limits protect against others' candidatesMay 10, 2016 1:00 am - In a recent letter to the editor, the writer disparages the notion of term limits as "telling me that I'm not smart enough to vote out poor elected officials ..." Term l...
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Pros of term limits outweigh the consMay 09, 2016 1:00 am - I would like to believe that Theodore Utchen (May 5) is an informed voter. However, some politicians use questionable - think Madigan - tactics to stay in office. While ...
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State would be better off with term limitsMay 07, 2016 1:00 am - The remarks of James C. Backes in the April 27 letters prompted me to respond. He suggested the Daily Herald admit they made a mistake by endorsing Bruce Rauner for gov...
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Budget impasse threatening public safetyMay 04, 2016 1:00 am - As the president of the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, I am very concerned that the budget impasse in Springfield is sidelining some of the most effective, re...
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Editorial: Hopes for a new life for Lakewood buildingsMay 03, 2016 11:00 pm - The Lake County Forest Preserve is packing up and soon will be vacating the historic farm site in Lakewood Forest Preserve. The renowned Curt Teich Postcard Archive wil...
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Don't blame Durbin for government gridlockMay 03, 2016 1:00 am - Letter-writer John Stoesser is right in that there is certainly no shortage of gridlock and partisanship in Congress. After all, one party is refusing to do its job and ...