Elk Grove Village Opinion
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Count ER nurses among true heroesOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Every day we read about our heroes and their amazing feats of courage and strength. Today's culture emulates entertainers, and athletes even, with the daily reports of t...
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Soapbox: Slow it downOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - State transportation officials say a stretch of Route 83 through Prospect Heights has neither enough accidents nor driveways to merit lowering the speed limit from 40 mp...
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Appalling display of racism in LombardOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - A terrible incident took place the morning of Oct. 8. A family who recently moved to Lombard had racial slurs and attacks painted on their property. However, this is not...
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Try helping those already bornOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - I want to comment about the pro-life organization that spent a great deal of resources, time and money to try to keep the abortion clinic from opening in Aurora. Wouldn'...
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On a cross-country ride of hope with a courageous little girlOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - It's far too early to tell whether the Radtke family of Johnsburg got their miracle. But without question, they got something special. Just a week ago, Laurie Radtke fou...
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Bean, Duckworth miss the real issueOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Regarding the front page article on Oct. 2, about "spreading the word on veterans programs." As a Vietnam-era veteran, I attended the same open house and benefits fair i...
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Deficit math that just doesn't add upOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - In the Oct. 2 Fence Post, Elizabeth Pearson wrote of Dick Cheney maintaining that President Bush's 2007 projected budget deficit is well below the average reached over ...
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Our forefathers had the right ideaOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Our forefathers who shed blood for freedom; I respect that. If they wanted "In God We Trust" on our currency, so be it. They also penned the Constitution and the Bill of...
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A simple solution for county budgetOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - I have a solution to the Cook County budget shortfall: simply cut the salary of every county employee in half and eliminate all benefits. When the workers walk off the j...
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Cook County can't afford higher taxesOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - To the editor: Recently, the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability issued a report that Cook County's revenue system is unable to support the services that it is char...