Hoffman Estates Opinion
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Editorial: Use the new tool to help Cook taxpayersJul 09, 2012 5:00 am - If you’re a Cook County taxpayer, did you spend any time with the 139-page special section county officials put together and inserted into the newspaper recently? It rea...
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Editorial: Duckworth, Walsh and the politics of gotchaJul 08, 2012 5:00 am - Permit us, please, to make this nonpartisan observation about the 8th District Congressional race between Rep. Joe Walsh of McHenry and Tammy Duckworth of Hoffman Estate...
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In favor of civility at school graduationsJul 02, 2012 5:15 am - I am in complete agreement with Joanne Wagner in regards to Rose Russo’s letter. First of all it was not the school’s fault that some students walked away empty-handed,...
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Advice for teachers after Wisconsin voteJun 29, 2012 5:00 am - Advice for teachers after Wisconsin vote Since Gov. Scott Walker survived the recall effort with the help of millions in out-of-state funding, here is my advice to ...
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Take government back from the richJun 27, 2012 5:00 am - Thank you, Mr. Anthony Nelson, for your June 16 letter supporting and applauding the efforts of all progressives working to wrestle our government back from the rich, po...
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Courtesy toward elders still existsJun 26, 2012 5:00 am - Teenage and adult courtesy has not died yet. I am 85 years old, and it surprises me how often I get help from someone I do not know, whether it’s getting asked if I need...
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Editorial: A new approach to train for manufacturing jobsJun 25, 2012 6:00 am - Regular readers of our Opinion Page commentaries know that we long have been impressed by Harper College President Kenneth Ender’s energizing call for an integrated appr...
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Editorial: Fearing the suburbs video gambling gold rushJun 24, 2012 5:00 am - There seems to be something of a gold rush recently among many suburban communities’ officials to approve video gambling. It’s been approved in Huntley, Fox Lake, Waucon...
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Where are the jobs the GOP promised?Jun 22, 2012 5:00 am - I’d like to get a perspective out to the public about these multimillion-dollar companies that are not paying their fair share of taxes because the Republicans believe t...
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Editorial: Protest by intimidation is bad formJun 21, 2012 5:00 am - We all expect public officials to be accessible and willing to listen to concerns even of individuals or groups with whom they do not agree. But to get a knock on the do...