Green Oaks Opinion
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Now is not the time to expand gamblingNov 20, 2010 10:00 pm - Gambling interests and lawmakers are working on a massive expansion of gambling that includes video gambling/slot machines at racetracks, a land-based casino in Chicago ...
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Hartstein's display may bring more consequencesNov 20, 2010 10:00 pm - I'd like to thank Mr. Hartstein for validating what I've always told my children; age has little to do with knowledge or wisdom, and certainly nothing to do with maturit...
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We need better ideas than gamblingNov 18, 2010 10:00 pm - An economic crisis coupled with voters' aversion to any tax increase has created a perfect time for lawmakers to introduce a bill in Springfield that calls for five new ...
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'No dice' to gambling pipe dreamNov 17, 2010 10:00 pm - In the ‘Halloween' movie horror franchise, the villain Michael Myers incredulously always returns in sequels after what previously appeared to be certain death. The same...
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Don't delay seating KirkNov 17, 2010 10:00 pm - Mark Kirk won the election “fair and square” and should be sworn in and seated on Nov. 15 when the congressional lame-duck session starts. Nothing will justify a delay ...
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We should start recall process nowNov 14, 2010 10:00 pm - You supported Pat Quinn, and now that we have approved recall, I submit we should start the process now. Mark Kirk, the Democrat-Republican senator-elect in Illinois, ha...
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Stop anonymous campaign PACsNov 14, 2010 10:00 pm - It's just wrong. Secret campaign cash should have has no place in our democracy. But now the largest campaign expenditures in history are funding campaign advertising, a...
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Ethics panel should investigate HartsteinNov 13, 2010 10:00 pm - It would seems to me that now that we have an Ethics Committee created by the Village of Buffalo Grove, its first order of business should be the investigation of Presid...
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BG mayor's 'act' far worse than Stone'sNov 13, 2010 10:00 pm - Elliott Hartstein, the mayor. How ugly, how common, how gross, repugnant and repelling. He, master of the “special use zoning tricks” to advance his own business talk a...
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Don’t fall for it, Buffalo GroveNov 13, 2010 12:00 am - In a recent essay, BG Trustee Jeff Berman sounded almost statesman-like. Indeed, his pontificating and finger wagging at our village president, Elliott Hartstein, almost...