Glenview Opinion
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Support your local libraryApr 21, 2012 5:00 am - I am writing to recognize the importance of libraries and how they enhance our community through the programs and services they offer. I encourage Elgin area residents t...
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Share the sacrifice, elected officialsApr 21, 2012 5:00 am - It is time to stop focusing on the unpaid debt the politicians created and begin to look forward. Most current teachers are willing to increase their contribution. All (...
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Senior volunteers make a differenceApr 20, 2012 9:33 am - The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program has been assisting nonprofit agencies throughout McHenry and Kane counties since 1987 when Senior Services Associates became the...
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Duckworth is the better alternativeApr 20, 2012 5:00 am - In response to Lew Kuehm’s letter, “Duckworth has no plan for economy” (Fence Post, April 7), I agree wholeheartedly that representatives should respond to their constit...
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Make Lake County residents fund roadApr 20, 2012 5:00 am - After reading the Our View column in April 12 Daily Herald, I am upset at some of the proposals for paying for the extension of Route 53 in Lake County. Why do the peopl...
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Is Obama running against the court?Apr 20, 2012 5:00 am - How should we interpret President Obama’s words toward the Supreme Court — a coequal branch of government! It could be interpreted as a little threatening. Remember, we ...
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Non-profits wise to rely less on governmentApr 20, 2012 5:00 am - In the past few years, with the state's budget in a shambles, its payments to school districts and others in arrears and largely written off, often the last in line to r...
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Our liberties are being whittled awayApr 19, 2012 5:00 am - Are we heading toward a police state by little increments? In the same week the news media obsessed on the Supreme Court’s deliberation on the Affordable Health Act (Oba...
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All media must check their biasesApr 19, 2012 5:00 am - I enjoyed reading Jim Slusher’s April 5 column on the difficulties a newspaper encounters in this increasingly polarized country. But I would like to point out that even...
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Vote out lawmakers who overspentApr 18, 2012 5:00 am - Those familiar with Illinois’ dire circumstances relative to its five public employee pension funds conclude that these systems are structurally sound and effectively ma...