Buffalo Grove Opinion
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Foundation grateful for Stevenson supportOct 28, 2013 5:00 am - The Christopher Steele Foundation thanks the Adlai E. Stevenson High School National Honor Society for selecting us to be the charity supported by this year’s Spirit Fes...
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Citizens, groups helped veterans in needOct 27, 2013 5:00 am - Once again, the generous citizens of Lake County have responded to the needs of our at-risk veterans in Lake County. The Illinois Department of Employment Security repo...
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Personal insurance rates skyrocketingOct 25, 2013 5:00 am - According to a letter I received from my insurer, starting in January 2014, insurance rates for an adult with one child will almost double for the same coverage with a h...
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Editorial: The benefits of video visits for jail inmatesOct 23, 2013 5:00 am - “Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time” was TV cop Tony Baretta’s chilling warning in the 1970s of the penalty for breaking the law. Incarceration, whether it’s a ...
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It’s a shame to lose HelanderOct 23, 2013 5:00 am - I read with sadness the statement from longtime Lake County Clerk Willard Helander regarding her plans not to seek re-election next year. She cited state efforts to chan...
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‘Affordable’ doesn’t mean simpleOct 22, 2013 5:00 am - If “Obama Care”, better known as the “ Affordable Care Act,” is so great and beneficial, then why are we advised to purchase “The Obama Care Survival Guide” for $19.99? ...
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What’s fair in D23 is true for citizens, tooOct 21, 2013 5:00 am - As the District 23 teachers ask for a fair contract, don’t we also have to ask what’s a fair wage for the teachers; i.e. how does their current situation compare with th...
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The SoapboxOct 19, 2013 5:00 am - A special homecoming queen, Part 1: We can’t say enough about the seniors at Downers Grove North High School, especially Mary Doro, who nominated her friend Anne Wagner ...
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The alluring, but unfinished, saga of Cook County budgetOct 17, 2013 5:00 am - The story of the 2014 Cook County budget, unveiled last week by county board President Toni Preckwinkle, sounds very alluring today but may not be entirely evident until...
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Successful people are not banditsOct 15, 2013 5:00 am - In the Sept. 30 “Your Views” section, R. Kent Kirkwood writes that: “We could have something approaching heaven on earth if the wealthy would willingly share their asset...