Hoffman Estates Opinion
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Editorial: We're rooting for Sears to come back from the brinkJan 17, 2019 10:00 pm - Sears chairman Eddie Lampert has ensured that the company's stores will live to fight another day. By bidding a reported $5.2 billion, he prevailed in the bankruptcy auc...
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Commentary: Here's what Eddie Lampert should do with Sears nowJan 16, 2019 12:00 am - Sears Holdings Corp. will stay out of the retailing graveyard for a bit longer. Eddie Lampert, the company's chairman and major shareholder, prevailed in a bankruptcy au...
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There are alternatives to guns in District 15 schoolsJan 09, 2019 12:00 am - The District 15 school board is considering hiring armed retired policemen. More guns is not the answer. Introducing guns increases children's anxiety and the likelihood...
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No more: Teachers already get huge taxpayer supportDec 04, 2018 12:00 am - In the Nov. 20 edition of the Daily Herald is an article titled, "Teachers plan pickets (to get more community support) to bolster bid for new deal." As is usually the c...
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Don't put armed officers in schools' front officesDec 04, 2018 12:00 am - I am a Palatine resident, parent, an ESP member and a District 15 employee. I work in a school that has a School Resource Officer. He is a valued member of our team. We ...
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Veterans honored, treated at Frost Junior HighDec 04, 2018 12:00 am - Last Thursday, veterans of the Schaumburg/Hoffman community walked past a wall of red, white, and blue remembrance - photos of their days of military service alongside p...
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Supt. Scott Thompson; Retired police can help make grade schools safeNov 24, 2018 12:00 am - Sandy Hook, Columbine and Parkland. Names eliciting horrific and deeply troubling images. Often the next thought turns to "could this happen in my school?" School employ...
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A 'no' vote, and your Harper bill shrinksNov 03, 2018 1:00 am - I've received robocalls, social media messages and printed materials encouraging me to vote in favor of a new referendum that will allow Harper College to borrow $180 mi...
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Hoffman Estates officer hands out treats to costumed kidsNov 01, 2018 1:00 am - What a cold, rainy, windy and a big bucket of yuck weather on Sunday, Oct. 28 for our Hoffman Estates subdivision Halloween trick or trick. But what a great gesture by ...
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Harper exemplifies the lack of transparency in governmentNov 01, 2018 1:00 am - I am astounded that even though Illinois was recently deemed the highest property taxing state in the nation, our trustees over at Harper College are asking us again to ...