Glenview Opinion
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Writers made good points on ecologyJul 31, 2011 1:00 am - Two Fence Post letters included in one day impressed me and can help to show us that it is imperative to learn many easy ways that point to a livable future. Perhaps we ...
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Letter about Brueder contract misleadingJul 30, 2011 3:00 am - On July 22, a letter from College of DuPage Faculty Senate Vice-President Bob Hazard appeared in the Daily Herald regarding the COD board of trustees’ recent decision to...
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The SoapboxJul 30, 2011 3:00 am - The $117,000 Walsh owes his kids: Well, we guess you could call U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh of McHenry a role model of sorts. He says government must spend less. And then he rep...
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Speed tables can’t replace crossing guardsJul 29, 2011 3:00 am - It will never cease to amaze me how things can get so messed up when a government agency gets involved in things. The nonthinking Carpentersville trustees who laid off f...
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The problem is spending, not revenueJul 29, 2011 3:00 am - Recently the president said that Social Security checks won’t go out if the debt ceiling doesn’t get raised. That is an out-and-out lie. The debt ceiling has nothing to ...
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Greed of some weighs heavily on othersJul 29, 2011 3:00 am - It breaks my heart. I work to assist low-income seniors and just heard a couple, after being told they are losing their state prescription assistance, say that if they d...
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Hard to find any virtues of this partyJul 29, 2011 12:00 am - The majority of Americans today are worried about their money. Do they have enough to feed, clothe and house their families? Are they currently unemployed, and have they...
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Don’t cut trains or raise faresJul 29, 2011 12:00 am - What Metra does not need is a fare increase. It’s already $9 round trip from Arlington Heights and $13 round trip from Crystal Lake to Chicago. It’s ridiculously expensi...
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Walk in a teacher’s shoes, then set policyJul 29, 2011 12:00 am - Earlier this month our governor decided to scrap the state writing test to save $2.4 million. This is a very small savings in the overall cost of education and a perfect...
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Government has ability to pay its billsJul 29, 2011 12:00 am - If we don’t raise the debt ceiling is the government really going to default on its debt? Is the government really totally out of money? According to columnist Eugene Ro...