Elk Grove Village Opinion
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Keep oil companies’ profits in checkApr 15, 2011 2:00 am - I always thought that I knew how to spell “capitalism.” However, it appears that I was wrong. It is spelled G-R-E-E-D. Whenever costs go up for businesses, the profit go...
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Be happy you have a job, teachersApr 15, 2011 2:00 am - The situation at Elgin Community College is exactly one of many reasons I do not like unions. In this current economic climate, pay freezes and requests to share in heal...
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Public unions have no place in AmericaApr 15, 2011 2:00 am - My fellow Americans, this public union stuff is pretty simple. Public unions bargain with all citizens (including themselves) that provide the tax revenues that pay thei...
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Time for Durbin to pass the batonApr 15, 2011 2:00 am - Isn’t it interesting that Sen. Durbin is chairing the Judiciary subcommittee on Muslim civil rights? Isn’t he the same senator who before last November’s elections advis...
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Tolerance, yes, but not for Sharia lawApr 15, 2011 2:00 am - Sen. Durbin’s hearings on Muslim civil rights should make people think twice before using disparaging words, as should be the case in most any circumstance. These hearin...
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Ease up on gasoline taxApr 15, 2011 2:00 am - Well isn’t that interesting? People can buy gas in Indiana for 65 cents a gallon cheaper than what we pay in the Chicago area. Why is it when the price of a gallon of ga...
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The Soapbox: From prom to playoffsApr 15, 2011 12:00 am - Daily Herald Editorial Board Missing the boat All 400 tickets for West Chicago Community High School’s chaperoned post-prom party, a midnight cruise on Lake Michigan, we...
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Township critics aren't aware of servicesApr 14, 2011 12:00 am - By Gerry Bartnicke I have been reading articles and letters concerning consolidation of local governments, including suggestions that we should do away with townships. I...
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For Schaumburg, only way up is downApr 13, 2011 12:00 am - Daily Herald Editorial Board There was a time, some of us remember, when if you had a big regional mall in your village, you paid little to no property tax to said villa...
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Unions largest special interest groupApr 13, 2011 12:00 am - Guess how much money the top unions, such as the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, gave in campaign contributions to candidates and parties in ...