Glenview Opinion
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Hanover Park needs more officersJul 06, 2009 11:00 pm - There's good news and bad news in the tale of crime statistics for Hanover Park. First, the good. As Daily Herald staff writer Kimberly Pohl reported Monday, crime in 20...
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Cuts are real, cause great harmJul 06, 2009 11:00 pm - It has begun. According to a story by reporter Bob McCoppin in the July 1 Daily Herald, because of a reduction in state funding, local human service agencies have begun ...
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Standing in defense of governmentJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Ronald Reagan was famous for saying that, "Government isn't the solution; government is the problem." I prefer to rephrase that as, "Representative government isn't the ...
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Use same rules for liberals, conservativesJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - I can't believe what I hear on TV these days. How low can David Letterman get to make such crass comments about a family member of Sarah Palin's family. Had he made that...
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Cut pensions, pay instead of tax hikeJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - The headline in the June 18 Daily Herald reads that children who are hurt will suffer the most by state government spending cuts. While I have sympathy for the departmen...
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Palin, Letterman gained from flapJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - I find myself in awe of two recent events. First;, the incredible timing of David Letterman's writers to come up with extremely sophomoric, crude, unfunny jokes about S...
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Schools need best, diverse teachersJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - After changing careers in 2003 to become a teacher, I believed what a lot of people said about finding a job as a teacher in grades K-5. People said that there was a tea...
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Keep clean energy in good favorJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - An old-fashioned windmill might make a charming yard ornament, but the bigger, more modern version is getting attention these days in some suburbs. As the nation's ambit...
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Energy laws are unreasonable taxationJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - For about 100 years the United States has built most industries around the use of oil and its products. Now the government wants to instantly change that reliance. "We m...
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Sense, compassion will fix budget messJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - I am tired of both the people who say no new taxes period and the politicians who play games with the lives of the citizens of Illinois who are least able to help themse...