Elk Grove Village Opinion
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Taxi rides provide illumination about crisis of immigrationSep 09, 2019 1:00 am - By Bill Decker Guest columnist When I read or hear stories about the current immigration crisis on the U.S. southern border, the word "cacophony" frequently comes to min...
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Village should let term limit ref rideAug 01, 2019 1:00 am - I cannot believe that the Elk Grove mayor and board lowered themselves to put three new referendums on the ballot to block one. If the Elk Grove Village board believes t...
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Editorial: Elk Grove's cynical attempt to prevent term limitsJul 23, 2019 1:00 am - When news broke of a petition drive in Elk Grove Village aimed at putting the question of term limits on the March 2020 primary election ballot, we reiterated our opposi...
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Editorial: 'No' to term limits in Elk Grove VillageJul 14, 2019 11:00 pm - There's a campaign to place term limits on elected municipal offices in Elk Grove Village, and how people feel about the initiative no doubt is tied to a great degree to...
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Having fun with old time radioJul 11, 2019 5:00 am - Concerning Robert Feder's column on Chuck Schaden's memoir about old time radio (June 13), I am a member of District 214's Old Time Radio Troupe. We meet at Prospect Hig...
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Editorial: Departing Harper president showed how community college can change the worldJul 01, 2019 5:00 pm - Kenneth L. Ender, now president emeritus of Harper College in Palatine after stepping down last week as president, has to have a good sense for business or he never woul...
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Support for relay helped fight against cancerJun 29, 2019 1:00 am - The American Cancer Society's Relay For Life of Northern DuPage and NW Cook County wishes to thank all those who supported its Annual Relay For Life June 7. We dedicated...
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Editorial: Nursing master's degree a valuable addition at HarperJun 14, 2019 1:00 am - Student loan borrowers in the U.S. today owe a whopping $1.6 trillion. Those who took on debt to earn a bachelor's degree in 2017 left school with an average of $28,650 ...
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Burdensome taxes aren't justifiedJun 10, 2019 1:00 am - Every freshman law student is introduced to the following truism: "The power to tax is the power to destroy." A week ago, during the middle of the night, the Illinois le...
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Editorial: Efforts to boost 3 old theaters important to suburban downtown healthJun 06, 2019 11:00 pm - The Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, the Des Plaines Theater in Des Plaines and the Catlow Theater in Barrington - three stately, downtown theater buildings that have been...