Fox River Grove Opinion
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The Soapbox: Good citizensFeb 18, 2011 12:00 am - Fearing retribution, witnesses sometimes keep quiet about gang-related crimes. Residents of an apartment complex in Prospect Heights deserve credit for steering police t...
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You can make dent in $14 trillion debtFeb 17, 2011 11:00 pm - When your credit card hits its $2,000 limit, the credit card company generally responds not with a firm letter telling you to stop spending more money than you make, but...
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Innovation and school consolidationFeb 17, 2011 10:00 pm - The suburbs are home to loads of public school systems. Just under 300 of them, all told, located here in the six-county area around Chicago. That represents about a thi...
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Franks is fiscal hawkFeb 17, 2011 10:00 pm - I read the Northwest Herald's Jan. 22 assessment of the “Granny Tax” recently imposed by our tax hungry state legislature and agree that our state needs to explore other...
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Revoke licenses of bad docsFeb 17, 2011 12:00 am - I want to commend State Representative Jack Franks for introducing legislation to protect your constituents and all Illinoisans. Rep. Franks recently filed legislation t...
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We pay for Lou Bianchi’s prosecutionFeb 16, 2011 12:00 am - In June of 2009 Amy Dalby pleaded guilty to unlawfully copying and removing over 5,000 documents off her county computer. The bill for the 18-month investigation and pro...
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Health care now; health care for allFeb 16, 2011 12:00 am - The very small yet significant step we have made toward leveling the health care playing field for all Americans is now under attack. Some of our newly elected officials...
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Don’t eliminate health care lawFeb 15, 2011 12:00 am - I just don’t get it. Republicans are wasting our time and money trying to overturn the Affordable Care Act. Any way they can obstruct, they will. They have no idea or ch...
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Don’t throw health care reform awayFeb 14, 2011 12:00 am - I think it’s terrible that the Republicans are attempting to repeal the health care act. It is historic much needed legislation, even if it is flawed. Our country is lon...
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Jobs will be scarce if borders stay openFeb 13, 2011 11:00 pm - There’s been a lot of talk lately about creating new jobs to reduce unemployment. It seems to me that our revered politicians are missing one point. Our borders with alm...