Fox River Grove Opinion
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Voters should already have a photo IDSep 24, 2012 1:28 pm - In response to Paul Snead’s Sept. 19 letter regarding voter IDs, I find it hard to believe that anyone in this country would argue against voter ID laws requiring a pict...
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Editorial: A close-to-home economic strategySep 19, 2012 8:59 am - At a meeting with the Daily Herald editorial board this week, Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin reflected on the usual topics — political dysfunction in Washington, the o...
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4 years of Obama has weighed on usSep 18, 2012 5:00 am - Last evening after watching Bill O’Reilly and a few other “talking heads,” I asked myself, “How could anyone in their right mind vote to give four more years to Barack O...
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Don’t knock a wise investorSep 16, 2012 4:40 am - Recently you printed a letter written by Alfred Y. Kirkland Jr. accusing Paul Ryan of not being a “man of the people.” I researched how Mr. Ryan became a millionaire and...
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Don’t politicize Chicago murdersAug 25, 2012 4:40 am - On Aug. 6, The Daily Herald printed a letter to the editor by James A. Wagner of Barrington that is irrational, uninformed, misguided, and slightly prejudiced. Mr. Wagne...
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Editorial: Wildlife refuge will be boon for ’burbsAug 24, 2012 5:00 am - After the Black Hawk War, in the early 1830s when white settlers pushed into the Fox River Valley, they encountered a rolling landscape carved by a glacier. The area was...
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Editorial: Even small projects merit breaks, if ...Aug 23, 2012 6:23 am - The village of Fox Lake recently approved $150,000 in tax incentives for a Thornton’s gas station. Buffalo Grove is looking at tax incentives for a Fresh Farms grocery m...
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Limit postretirement pay not just for teachersAug 21, 2012 5:00 am - Thank you for your July 23 editorial “Restrict public pensions to retirees” (July 23), which exposed a flaw in the local government pension system. Police officers and m...
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Special needs classes at Harper start soonAug 20, 2012 5:00 am - To all parents with special needs young adults, and especially adults with autism, Harper College in Palatine, through their Continuing Education Department, will be off...
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It’s time for GOP to lead state legislatureAug 20, 2012 5:00 am - Voters have many reasons to be angry about what is going on — and what is not being done — in Springfield under the leadership of House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senat...