Green Oaks Opinion
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Savor the early darknessDec 19, 2010 10:00 pm - How the days and months seem to have melted away. Melted away from dawns to darkest evenings that arrive earlier each day. We are now approaching the “darkest evening of...
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Puppies can make great gifts if . . .Dec 18, 2010 10:00 pm - As a professional dog behavioral therapist and master trainer, I see cases year after year of puppies that were given as a “wow for now” surprise, but when the newness w...
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Paper should check facts on Dist. 46Dec 17, 2010 10:00 pm - As an American, I value the freedoms we have. With freedom however comes responsibility. When I exercise my freedom of speech, I try my best make sure that I am responsi...
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Morrison, Murphy, Walsh are the futureDec 17, 2010 10:00 pm - Many thanks to Tom Morrison on his decision not to accept a pension from the state. Tom Morrison, Joe Walsh and Matt Murphy are the future leaders we can count on. The D...
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Glad BG will be rid of HartsteinDec 17, 2010 10:00 pm - Finally, it does seem we're finished with the bullying, domineering, “my-way-or-the-highway” hammering of Elliott Hartstein, aka “The Wig” and his special use rezoning t...
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Don't surrender 'don't ask, don't tell'Dec 16, 2010 10:00 pm - Our military leadership supports repealing the don't ask, don't tell policy because they fear the inevitable judgment to do so looming from the courts. If our courts be...
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Soap box: Start thinking next tax cut bill nowDec 16, 2010 10:00 pm - Best-interest bi-partisans: Congratulations to Illinois' senators and to the suburban delegation to Congress. Republicans and Democrats, lame ducks and returnees, all si...
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Stopping right-on-red tickets a startDec 16, 2010 12:00 am - Dan Duffy has felt the sting of finding a red-light camera ticket in the mail. More than once. The freshman state senator from Lake Barrington wants to stop communities ...
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Schools must become responsible on spendingDec 15, 2010 10:00 pm - What will it take to get our schools to adjust their spending to the new economic realities? Many property taxpayers are already stretched to the limit and our State's ...
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District 46 bonuses defy taxpayersDec 14, 2010 10:00 pm - I just completed reading the article on the Grayslake School District cash bonus plan so efficiently doled out and approved by Superintendent Ellen Correll. Actually, I ...