Elk Grove Village Opinion
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Policies of good ol’ days wouldn’t work todayAug 22, 2013 5:00 am - Mr. Wagner yearns for the “good ole days” of small government (Aug. 8). I remember when a doctor would come to our house for $5 and be willing to accept payments. They d...
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Appreciate Colin Powell’s optimismAug 21, 2013 4:40 am - Appreciate Colin Powell’s optimism My hat’s off to The Daily Herald on Colin Powell’s visit and his eternal optimism. While in todays environment it can be hard to ...
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The SoapboxAug 17, 2013 5:00 am - Here they come: With the return of today’s International Festival of Racing, once again Arlington International Racecourse gets a chance to show the world what a first-c...
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Blame Democrats for sequestrationAug 16, 2013 5:00 am - In his Aug. 10 letter titled “Budget cutting is destroying the nation,” Tom Teune of Wheaton blames the Republican party for the spending cuts from sequestration. Perhap...
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Blame woes on voters, self-serving officialsAug 15, 2013 2:00 pm - The Illinois pension problem is the worst of the worst, going further into debt — over $12 million a day. Many leaders in Springfield today are the same ones and from th...
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Village acts like it’s made of moneyAug 13, 2013 6:00 pm - You recently had an excellent article about the salaries of administrators in suburban municipalities, and who should be included in the top five but our esteemed villag...
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Advocates needed to help Autism SpeaksAug 13, 2013 6:00 pm - To all parents with a child, teenager or an adult with autism, Autism Speaks is looking for people who are interested in connecting with state and federal legislators ab...
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The SoapboxAug 10, 2013 12:27 pm - Keeping perspective: In an editorial referencing a Buffalo Grove letter about a proposed supportive housing project in Arlington Heights, we failed to note that, that pr...
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Third airport is a waste of state’s moneyAug 10, 2013 5:00 am - Gov. Pat Quinn is just amazing — amazingly disconnected from reality that is. I write this after reading the news that he has just approved a plan for the state to acqui...
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Concert series the best in the ‘burbsAug 09, 2013 6:00 pm - I would like to thank Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig B. Johnson, the Elk Grove Village trustees and the Elk Grove Village Park District for once again giving us, their re...