Elk Grove Village Opinion
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Objects to use of a swear wordJan 07, 2012 5:15 am - I find it puzzling and troubling that a newspaper whose regular policy it is to substitute a euphemism for an expletive (which I truly appreciate) would choose to highli...
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Creation of euro a failed experimentJan 07, 2012 5:15 am - When the issue of the euro first was discussed during the mid 1990s as a method to make Europe more competitive in the world market, it struck me as rather irrational. H...
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GOP’s own interests put before voters’Jan 07, 2012 5:15 am - Regardless of whether you are Republican, Democrat, independent or whether you like or dislike President Obama, its really sickening when one party puts its welfare abov...
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Payroll tax cut burdens retirees mostJan 07, 2012 5:15 am - I have several issues concerning the attempt of Congress to extend the tax “holiday” on Social Security contributions. First, both Democrats and Republicans introduced t...
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Encourage other drivers to hang upJan 07, 2012 5:15 am - There is no time of the year when we are more family focused, beginning with Thanksgiving, followed by Hanukkah, Christmas and Kwanzaa. Many memories are shared during t...
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Democrats losers in pipeline dealJan 07, 2012 5:15 am - So the Democrats in Congress got a two-month extension of the payroll tax cut in return for an expedited Keystone XL pipeline. Experts tell us that the pipeline will div...
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Brinkmanship opinion lacked common senseJan 07, 2012 5:04 am - The Daily Herald’s founder, H.C. Paddock, was intent on making money and telling the truth but he was silent on the use of common sense. In your recent “Our View” editor...
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No mystery who paid for Roskam mailingsJan 07, 2012 5:04 am - A recent Fence Post letter from Bob Sitze concerned two expensive mailings that Congressman Peter Roskam sent to Illinois residents questioning the balanced budget amend...
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How ‘bout donating to bottom 50 percent?Jan 07, 2012 5:04 am - I recently paged through the editorials to read how one gentleman made Speaker John Boehner the bad guy in this whole payroll tax holiday debacle. Well, he left out a fe...
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Roselle music school food drive a successJan 06, 2012 4:00 am - Thank you to everyone who helped make the Roselle School of Music Food Drive for the Northern Illinois Food Bank a success — the musicians who performed (the Fedor famil...