Glenview Opinion
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Can we trust any politician?Jan 19, 2011 12:00 am - Now that our leaders have once again stuck it to us, we must vote in two years for state representatives. Let’s vote people who will stand up for the people and not foll...
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Speech can be as dangerous as a gunJan 19, 2011 12:00 am - In response to Mr. Constable’s article, “Guns Fail,” no matter what anyone can do to prevent something like the shooting in Tucson from happening it is going to happen. ...
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News headline too opinionatedJan 19, 2011 12:00 am - I spent much of the first day after Illinois legislators voted to raise taxes from 3 percent to 5 percent explaining to worried people that, no, they shouldn’t worry tha...
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Courageous vote for tax increaseJan 19, 2011 12:00 am - I am writing this letter in response to the local media holding up lawmakers who voted against an income tax rate increase this week, a measure that was clearly needed, ...
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Shooting in Tucson no great surpriseJan 18, 2011 8:00 am - Concerning the shooting rampage in Arizona: Everyone from the president to Sarah Palin are expressing shock and surprise at this terrible act, which shocks and surprises...
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Question idle school busesJan 18, 2011 12:00 am - Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 6:30 a.m. To 7:30 a.m. I am driving Grass Lake Road from State Park to Route 59, taking my wife to dialysis in Antioch, and coming...
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Tax share plan borne of desperationJan 18, 2011 12:00 am - Businesses are migratory in nature. They go where people will feed them. Decades ago, retailers in a once-vibrant downtown Elgin moved up river to West Dundee to enjoy m...
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People kill people, Mayor DaleyJan 17, 2011 10:00 pm - OK, Mayor Daley, you tell the folks in Arizona and the surviving families to get rid of their guns. Let Jared Loughner go free. He didn't kill these six people. Arrest t...
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Get involved in protecting animalsJan 17, 2011 10:00 pm - It's difficult to pass Muddy Paws shelter in Deer Park knowing that countless innocent “rescued” animals from kill shelters met their fate in a cruel, horrific way with ...
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Quinn out of touch with electorateJan 17, 2011 10:00 pm - Perhaps we should give the new “recall” law a test in Illinois. Gov. Quinn breaks his promise on the new state income tax hike rate. Time to remove governor. That won't ...