Hoffman Estates Opinion
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A bad precedent hereOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Arguing that creating a new town is a lot of work seems a bit bizarre when the person making the argument is Patsy Smith, the woman who led incorporation efforts and the...
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Soapbox: Slow it downOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - State transportation officials say a stretch of Route 83 through Prospect Heights has neither enough accidents nor driveways to merit lowering the speed limit from 40 mp...
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Appalling display of racism in LombardOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - A terrible incident took place the morning of Oct. 8. A family who recently moved to Lombard had racial slurs and attacks painted on their property. However, this is not...
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On a cross-country ride of hope with a courageous little girlOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - It's far too early to tell whether the Radtke family of Johnsburg got their miracle. But without question, they got something special. Just a week ago, Laurie Radtke fou...
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A simple solution for county budgetOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - I have a solution to the Cook County budget shortfall: simply cut the salary of every county employee in half and eliminate all benefits. When the workers walk off the j...
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Cook County can't afford higher taxesOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - To the editor: Recently, the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability issued a report that Cook County's revenue system is unable to support the services that it is char...
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Real lesson? Herald cannot be trustedOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Thank you Dennis Depcik for your try at explaining what happened at Buffalo Grove High School, regarding cutting "God Bless America" from the weekly Homecoming activitie...
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Soapbox: Good compromiseOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Developers of Wanish Park near Gurnee at first wanted to pay no impact fees because ownership of the new townhouses and condominiums will be limited to buyers 50 or olde...
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Soapbox: Seeing redOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Bravo, Elk Grove Village. If only every intersection in the state could have cameras to catch reckless drivers speeding right through a red light, in a hurry for an earl...
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Keep property tax relief in placeOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - We are writing to state our support of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's decision to provide Cook County homeowners relief from escalating property tax assessments. This week the g...