Elk Grove Village Opinion
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Appreciate those who work holidaysJun 04, 2012 5:00 am - I found it interesting that the Daily Herald online poll regarding “How do you celebrate Memorial Day?” was so limited. The questions were: Ÿ I attend a ceremony in my ...
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Honor Flight trip was truly an honorJun 03, 2012 5:00 am - I, along with six other residents of Friendship Village in Schaumburg and 80-some fellow residents of the Chicago area, have just returned from an experience of a lifeti...
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Accounting practices led to pension messJun 03, 2012 5:00 am - Letter writer Rosemary Colbert recently complained that how the pension mess came about has not been explained. I will answer, as I have been answering since 1983. It is...
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Good dog! Unfortunately, not ‘amazing’ dogJun 03, 2012 5:00 am - “If it bleeds, it leads” was the slogan sarcastically ascribed to a TV station’s story play philosophy. But if it barks, it nets a boatload of viewers, sells a lot of n...
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The SoapboxJun 02, 2012 4:46 pm - Clear enough? It ought to be at least a little embarrassing that nearly every interaction between the village of Glen Ellyn and the College of DuPage needs to be vetted ...
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We need voter ID to prevent fraudJun 02, 2012 5:00 am - A recent letter to the editor by Michael Fredian claiming requiring voters to show an ID to vote suppresses the Democratic vote as a reason there should be no standard f...
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Madigan’s pension reforms are tardyJun 02, 2012 5:00 am - I read with much amusement the “ideas” presented by many of our state legislators regarding pension reform “deals” being proposed, especially by Michael Madigan. He has ...
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Likelihood of voter fraud is minuteJun 02, 2012 5:00 am - In rebuttal to a letter on May 24 about photo ID for voting. A 2007 Brennan Center for Justice Report titled “The Truth About Voter Fraud” found that it is more likely t...
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More caring needed at senior homesJun 02, 2012 5:00 am - At the end of my work cycle when jobs were tough, I fell into a neat little job at a senior home in Arlington Heights, I was a companion to an elderly person named Harry...
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‘Hunger Games’ offers a true role modelJun 02, 2012 5:00 am - Nearly every review I read of the movie “The Hunger Games” includes a comparison to the Twilight saga. Though many of these reviews favor “The Hunger Games,” I cannot he...