Hampshire Opinion
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Editorial: Planning, training to keep our kids safeJul 27, 2012 5:00 am - The scene was all too real. Yellow police tape marked off the Gifford Street High School parking lot while Elgin’s SWAT team armed with rifles waited for their signal to...
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Editorial: Learning to eat our fruits and veggiesJul 20, 2012 5:00 am - In our busy lives, where our next meal is often a drive-through window away, few of us can truthfully say we get our full recommended complement of fruits and vegetables...
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Thanks for the money tip, BurtJul 20, 2012 4:40 am - Thank you, Burt Constable, for the article on “I-Cash.” While the Illinois treasurer’s office didn’t have any money waiting for me to claim, my retired mother had two it...
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Editorial: Use the new tool to help Cook taxpayersJul 09, 2012 5:00 am - If you’re a Cook County taxpayer, did you spend any time with the 139-page special section county officials put together and inserted into the newspaper recently? It rea...
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Ethics law would bring taxes downJul 08, 2012 4:40 am - Recently, I received my property tax bill, and like everyone else, I was shocked and disgusted by the fact that my property values had gone done by 30 percent and my tax...
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Get to know Bill FosterJun 29, 2012 4:40 am - It’s unfortunate that Stephen DeFillippis in his June 23 letter to the editor has formed an opinion about Bill Foster based on a brief article in the Daily Herald. If he...
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Editorial: Fearing the suburbs video gambling gold rushJun 24, 2012 5:00 am - There seems to be something of a gold rush recently among many suburban communities’ officials to approve video gambling. It’s been approved in Huntley, Fox Lake, Waucon...
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Foster wrong on Dodd-Frank billJun 23, 2012 4:40 am - In the June 19 edition of the Daily Herald, 11th Congressional District candidate Bill Foster pushes the Democratic Party message by suggesting that the Dodd-Frank bill ...
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Maybe you should be fuming, tooJun 20, 2012 4:40 am - In a recent Fence Post letter, Doris R. Aussin is “fuming” regarding what she considers an unfair Daily Herald article on teacher pensions. Hopefully this letter will wi...
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Editorial: Monitoring needed with drug program innovationJun 08, 2012 5:00 am - Change is a constant in criminal justice, and rightly so. Law enforcement officials and prosecutors who face funding cuts and pressure to keep crime stats low should be ...