Hoffman Estates Opinion
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Education is parents' responsibilityJul 25, 2015 5:15 am - Your series on education and children from low income families was interesting, but, I am afraid, that it really didn't offer anything new. Families with greater means h...
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County can keep improving without harmful sales taxJul 14, 2015 1:00 am - We've had this debate before, and my opinion hasn't changed since our last go-round under Todd Stroger with raising the sales tax on the hardworking taxpayers of Cook Co...
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Editorial: Playing it smart at summer schoolJul 13, 2015 11:00 pm - It's July 17, the temperature is north of 80. Your friends are at the pool, kicking back and getting nothing done. Or working a minimum-wage job to keep busy before scho...
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Blame Democrats for budget impasseJul 11, 2015 1:00 am - Democrats are responsible for Illinois budget stalemate. Democrats submitted a budget that has spending far exceeding revenues. Democrats could have reduced spending t...
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Why focus on a flag and ignore guns?Jul 08, 2015 1:00 am - So, please help me to understand something. A young boy goes into a church in South Carolina armed with a gun and the intent of killing people. He sits through a Bible s...
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Editorial: Sales tax increase still a bad idea for Cook CountyJul 07, 2015 1:00 am - If anyone has earned the credibility to justify revisiting a sales tax increase in Cook County, it's Toni Preckwinkle. In almost five years at the helm of the county boa...
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Dist. 15 is letting fox into the hen houseJul 06, 2015 5:00 am - The June 22nd article ("Teachers union head joins District 15 administration") should have been front page news. I am appalled with Superintendent Thompson's temerity st...
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Choir director should accept church's positionJul 05, 2015 11:00 pm - In response to your article on Wednesday July 1 regarding Mr. Colin Collette, he needs to move on. There is no dispute that he is talented and well liked, but many talen...
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Here's how Illinois, Greece are similarJul 03, 2015 1:00 am - Why is Illinois like Greece? Both approve spending plans and guarantee pension benefits for workers that they have not funded with appropriate taxes. Both legislatur...
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Soapbox: Buffalo Grove, Long Grove agree; monks sue Benedictine; Mundelein councilman's apology and moreJun 27, 2015 1:00 am - Better service, less cost: Kudos to Buffalo Grove and Long Grove for cutting a deal for the former to do property maintenance inspections for the latter. Long Grove...