Green Oaks Opinion
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Workers' demands out of the ordinaryJul 09, 2010 11:00 pm - The construction workers unions are demanding raises of 5 percent (15 percent raise over 3 years). The current strike is disrespectful to taxpayers. Don't these unions r...
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No sense opposing financial reform billJul 09, 2010 11:00 pm - How sad it is that with the unfortunate death of Sen. Robert Byrd, the passage of the president's financial reform legislation could actually now be in doubt. It seems t...
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An energy venture worth pursuingJul 07, 2010 11:00 pm - What do you get when you cross a school funding crisis with a clean-energy initiative? Officials with three suburban school districts hope the answer lies in a downstate...
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It's time for an Illinois tea partyJul 05, 2010 11:00 pm - Now that the Daily Herald has proclaimed, in a front page news story, that Cook County is perfectly within its right to mount red-light cameras within municipal boundari...
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BG farmers market opening is triumphJul 04, 2010 11:00 pm - I think the Daily Herald missed the boat. You had an opportunity to put something positive about Buffalo Grove in the paper and you did not. The Farmers Market was fanta...
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Wasting Zion's energy is foolishJul 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Unless there is intervention soon, Zion's dual nuclear facility, capable of producing 2,100 megawatts of power, will be foolishly wasted. Exelon Corporation, which owns ...
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Many have benefited from Kirk's serviceJun 28, 2010 11:00 pm - As a longtime Congressman, Mark Kirk has been the driving force behind narrowing the fiscal gap between school district spending and military reimbursements in multiple ...
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Who gets top priority when power goes out?Jun 28, 2010 11:00 pm - As we moved the contents of our freezer and refrigerator to a friend's house down the road that had power, we saw a ComEd truck stop at a business. We pulled over to fin...
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Angered by mayor's persecution of StoneJun 27, 2010 11:00 pm - After watching the tapes of the Buffalo Grove board of trustees the last few weeks it is easy to see why Mayor Hartstein was so overwhelmingly defeated - I think it was...
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Brimm was honest and straightforwardJun 27, 2010 11:00 pm - Dear Ms. Stone: I worked closely with Bill Brimm, the retiring Buffalo Grove village manager, for eight years as a village trustee, and he as finance director. I worked ...