Buffalo Grove Opinion
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U of I trustees should be ashamedJun 26, 2010 11:00 pm - It just never stops. Our economy is below the basement and even our school trustees can't be trusted. Calling them trustees is an oxymoron. Our new graduates and those a...
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Illinois schools should teach EnglishJun 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Does it make sense that in a state that is $13 billion in debt and wants to raise property taxes, state sales taxes, and state income taxes that we have an education sys...
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BP not only ones to blame for oil spill disasterJun 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Shame, shame on BP. But they are not the only bad guys in this entire disaster. All the different oil companies, all of them, should have made plans in advance for a wor...
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We're all to blame for Gulf oil leak, not just BPJun 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Every time they show an oil-drenched pelican on the news I get an upset feeling inside me. Like so many others, I am frustrated and angered by the situation in the Gulf ...
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Property tax fairness must work both waysJun 25, 2010 11:00 pm - I do not envy our county clerk, Willard Helander, for the task of justification of property taxes. With all due respect, it's not confusing at all. The explanation provi...
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Racial prejudice in any way is always wrongJun 25, 2010 11:00 pm - In light of debate over illegal immigration, I'd like to highlight an idea that has, unfortunately, skewed the rhetoric. This notion originally conceived by social schol...
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Leaders must step up for U.S. immigration policiesJun 25, 2010 11:00 pm - I am having a hard time trying to rationalize the actions of all the illegal immigrants protesting our nation's immigration policies. Marching with signs advocating "im...
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BP disaster should come as no surpriseJun 25, 2010 11:00 pm - When I returned to Illinois three years ago, after a 20-year absence, I was horrified to read that BP Gas Co. was petitioning the state of Indiana to increase the amount...
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Plethora of evidence backs up climate changeJun 25, 2010 11:00 pm - This is in response to a June 22 letter in which the writer "suggests" Dick Durbin should retire for criticizing Republicans for supposedly ignoring climate change scien...
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Something that isn't true is a lie, not untruths or overstatementsJun 25, 2010 11:00 pm - In an article published in the Daily Herald on Saturday, June 5 the writer referred to my Congressman Mark Kirk's lies as "Kirk's overstatements" and as "Kirk's untruths...