Hoffman Estates Opinion
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VFW Post 5151 serves veterans at home and overseasAug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Not too many people are aware of the fact that about a year ago the Hoffman Estates based Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8080 elected to merge into the VFW Post 5151 in S...
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CN needs to do right thingAug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - I find it almost unbelievable the unmitigated gall that the CN, a foreign company, has been showing in their attempt to purchase the EJ&E railroad. Now they want a court...
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Bean a Congressional truantAug 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Sometimes missing, Melissa Bean: What member of the suburban delegation to the U.S. House has missed the most votes in the 110th Congress? A Soapbox Dart to Barringt...
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NTSB has duty to check MD-80 jetsAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - I'm just wondering when the NTSB is going to take a long, hard look at American Airline's aging fleet of McDonald Douglas MD-80 jets? I was in New York last week when it...
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CN/EJ&E merger needs long viewAug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Your article ("Fighting Over Trains," July 13) was some of the most balanced and insightful reporting I've seen on the long-simmering fight over the EJ&E. Looking at his...
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Let's pack BHS for CN hearingAug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Greater Barrington! We need you one more time on the train issue! On Aug. 27, 2008 there will be a public hearing in the presence of the U.S. Surface Transportation Boar...
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Where was endorsement letter?Aug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Several weeks ago I wrote to the Fencepost with my endorsement for Anita Forte Scott, who is running for state representative in the 56th District. I am disappointed to ...
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Legislators must reject pay raisesAug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - In May I introduced and passed House Joint Resolution 132, which rejects a scheduled pay raise for legislators. The president of the Senate, Emil Jones, has publicly st...
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Saturday Soapbox: Cook and Lake countiesAug 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Out-of-the-box thinking It will be interesting to see how Palatine's unorthodox approach to dealing with stormwater pans out. The village has started a pilot program to ...
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Imagine how much worse things can beAug 06, 2008 11:00 pm - This is in response to the Charles Krauthammer column printed in the Daily Herald on July 20. Mr. Obama certainly is charismatic and full of himself. He will bring this ...