Deerfield Opinion
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Take back Buffalo Grove by recalling StoneOct 03, 2010 11:00 pm - For years, the Village of Buffalo Grove was a wonderful place, with a respected, responsible village government. The village had a budget surplus when other municipaliti...
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New bus system in Dist. 57 not workingOct 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Can the bus situation for Mount Prospect School District 57 get any worse? As a parent dropping my child off at school, what I see is appalling. The lack of respect for ...
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Bartlett Lions ask residents to helpOct 03, 2010 11:00 pm - For the past two years the Bartlett Lions Club has organized and delivered a complete holiday meal to local families who are in need of help. This year, even more of our...
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Let's teach our kids Chinese, tooOct 02, 2010 11:00 pm - I agree our young ones would greatly benefit being bilingual. But why Spanish? Why not Chinese, since the U.S. trade balance with them at the end of 2009 is $1.5 trillio...
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Some of the best are already seatedOct 02, 2010 11:00 pm - These are the times that try men's souls. In these dire economic times we the people are disillusioned and angry. It is surprising to see how rapidly a panic will someti...
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Cell phone manners deflect a donationOct 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Last Saturday I stopped to do my weekly grocery shopping, and poised at the entrance was a volunteer collecting for a charitable organization. This is a common occurrenc...
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GOP 'Pledge' didn't go far enoughOct 01, 2010 11:00 pm - I'm a conservative Republican, and I think that the Pledge to America that was written by Republican congressional leaders isn't good enough. It only includes U.S. Hous...
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Admit 'trickle-down' theory hasn't workedOct 01, 2010 11:00 pm - I find mildly amusing the recent editorials that complain there is too much "Bush bashing" in current politics. These editorials typically advocate a return to more of t...
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Shed a tear over immigration processOct 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Recently, I heard two different perspectives on immigration. First, I listened to the story of two women who escaped from Communist Europe during the 1960s and waited in...
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Think about your political silenceOct 01, 2010 11:00 pm - If you are upset about current goings-on in Washington, D. C., whether "conservative" or "liberal," or somewhere in between and you have not voiced your concern to your ...