Elk Grove Village Opinion
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Editorial: Local schools, colleges should be controlled locally, not in SpringfieldMay 27, 2015 11:00 pm - Legislators' efforts to meddle in the affairs of local community college districts stalled Friday and for all the right reasons. Liz Brown, of the Illinois Council of Co...
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Separating fact, fiction on climateMay 27, 2015 1:00 am - My comments are in regard to the May 6 letter by Thomas Carras. Mr. Carras asserts that we have experienced "global warming" for "quite a few years." He further states:...
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Harper's staff gave meaning to serviceMay 27, 2015 1:00 am - On May 16, I had the honor of giving the keynote address at Harper College's commencement ceremony. It was a privilege to speak to graduates who were kind enough to rema...
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Boarding schools instead of prisons?May 25, 2015 5:32 am - I just finished watching the George Stephanopoulos show where they were discussing the problems of black communities with the police. The conversation went on about solu...
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Gellar, AFDI are braveMay 25, 2015 5:22 am - In response to Ismail Ahmad and his letter of May 16, I have to ask, where in the Quran do you find that Islam recognizes free speech? I have never seen in the Quran o...
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Citizens United decision horribleMay 25, 2015 5:12 am - This letter is a reply to all the inaccuracies so readily apparent in Gerald Aleksy's opinion that appeared in your May 5 "Views." In it he takes issue with a previous l...
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How heroin series led to mental health projectMay 24, 2015 6:00 am - Inspiration to launch an in-depth project on mental health crystallized for Marie Wilson while covering a heroin forum in Naperville. A counselor at Linden Oaks Behavior...
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Don't blame teachers for pension messMay 21, 2015 5:27 am - We teachers work hard to earn our pensions. For over 30 years, I paid 9% of every paycheck into the Teacher Retirement System (TRS). Since 1940, teachers and districts ...
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Police need some riot gearMay 21, 2015 5:27 am - Obama's plan to reduce the transfer of military equipment to local law enforcement will ease the tensions between police and minorities. No longer will minorities feel l...
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Will public pensions be taxed?May 21, 2015 5:27 am - I was just reading this morning about a plan to tax retiree pension payments to offset the debt problems in Illinois. The question arose in my mind as to whether publi...