Hoffman Estates Opinion
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It's time for a flat and simple taxApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Just in time for April 15, here is my tax reform plan. I call it the flat and simple tax. It would be an optional alternative plan. You can continue to file the current ...
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Untimely pay raises for mayor, trusteesApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Raising the pay of local elected officials can be a tricky subject. In the first place, most elected officials don't get into community leadership for the money, and tha...
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Police deserve pension benefitsApr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - I am one of the future "do nothing" pensioners that you refer to (Our View, April 2) as I am a police officer with 19 years of service to my municipality. The state of ...
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Chronicling elusive standard of judgment by 'content of character'Apr 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Random thoughts: Sometimes the news is its own object lesson. Daily Herald Staff Writer Emily Krone worked for a week and a half to find and interview suburbanites who c...
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Educators aren't just principals, teachersApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Now comes the story of Al Weber. Weber, as Daily Herald reporter Sheila Ahern wrote last week, was not what we normally think of when we hear the word educator. He was ...
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Ultimately, public must clean up messApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Once again we hear about our friend Todd Stroger, Cook County Board president, who just gave his cousin a 12 percent raise. His cousin's battle cry before the election ...
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Saturday Soapbox: 75 percent of life ust showing upApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Whoever said that might have had Todd Stroger in mind. At Palatine's request, the Cook County Board president has agreed to come to Harper College on April 30 to defend ...
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Some interesting newsmakers aren't the usual newsmakersApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - We don't always have to look to Hollywood, Washington or Wrigley Field to find people with the most-interesting or even most influential lives. Where do you go to meet t...
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Remember Illinois' fallen soldiersApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Today, I had the honor of attending the special unveiling of the Portrait of a Soldier memorial exhibition at the Schaumburg Township District Library hosted by Lt. Gov....
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Pay close attention to CN, EJ&E talksMar 30, 2008 11:00 pm - I hope you'll be paying close attention to the huge fight brewing over the (takeover of the) EJ&E Railroad by CN Railroad. Things are getting HOT. Barrington Coalition, ...