Hoffman Estates Opinion
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Real issue is gangs, not gunsMar 03, 2013 4:00 am - It is very interesting how the lead stories are often described as “more gun violence,” when the same stories last year were described as “more gang violence.” Because l...
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The SoapboxMar 02, 2013 4:00 am - 100 percent will do: When did it become de rigueur for sports figures to suggest they give their game 110 percent? Or wait until their joints are 110 percent healthy? Pe...
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A better example needed from LohanMar 01, 2013 2:51 pm - As the tears are trickling down my cheeks, poor Lindsay Lohan is again having troubles. Imagine, her attorney is fighting for her latest problem, a traffic crash and vio...
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Paternity kits a sad commentaryMar 01, 2013 4:00 am - I stopped into a local drugstore recently to pick up a prescription. While waiting to be served, I happened to glance over at a nearby shelf. There prominently displayed...
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Cook County’s use tax is entirely bogusFeb 27, 2013 4:00 am - Has anyone else in Cook County been slapped with the Non-Retailer Use Tax? In August 2012, I purchased a 1994 Yamaha motorcycle from a private party. I went to the Secre...
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Editorial: Evaluating campaign rants about empty storefrontsFeb 25, 2013 4:00 am - Local election campaigns will begin heating up soon. Primary elections take place in a small handful of suburbs Tuesday, and after that only six weeks will remain until ...
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Children an investment in our futureFeb 20, 2013 4:00 am - Is a declining fertility rate a negative or positive sign? I read “Baby Bust” in The Wall Street Journal and Froma Harrop’s editorial in the Herald (Feb. 7). The fertili...
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Editorial: Collaboration that adds up to student successFeb 15, 2013 4:00 am - “How will knowing how to solve algebraic equations help me get a job?” That’s a familiar question to many parents of teenagers (and to math teachers, no doubt), especial...
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Bike overpass not Elk Grove’s job to doFeb 14, 2013 4:00 am - Why is Elk Grove Village looking to spend our tax dollars to build a bicycle overpass at Route 53 and Higgins Road? This is under the sole jurisdiction and responsibilit...
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Important to salute valuable teachersFeb 14, 2013 4:00 am - I am a parent of three students at Ridge Circle Elementary school. With continued financial hardships and the struggle of administrators to turn around a broken school s...