Inverness Opinion
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Matter of fairness on hookah loungeMar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Cultures, health issues and the finer points of the law clashed over smoking lounges in Schaumburg last week. In the end, common sense won a narrow victory -- but it was...
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Matter of fairness on hookah loungeMar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Cultures, health issues and the finer points of the law clashed over smoking lounges in Schaumburg last week. In the end, common sense won a narrow victory -- but it was...
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Attention-getters aren't always what sell newspapersMar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - We strive for a front page that, rather than concentrating on the lure of death and destruction, is teeming with the activities of real life. ...
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Saturday Soapbox: Those ringing phonesMar 21, 2008 11:00 pm - A bill has been introduced in the Illinois General Assembly that would ban those annoying "robo-calls" from politicians seeking your vote. You have to like this bill, t...
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Dilemma of Iraq: stay in or get outMar 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Some years ago, we entered Iraq for fear of atomic and biological weapons in the hands of a rogue government. Whether right or wrong, that decision is now history. The ...
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Pat Botterman will be rememberedMar 19, 2008 11:00 pm - It is with great sadness that I read of the passing of Pat Botterman. I had come to know Pat when I ran on a bipartisan slate for a township post. I found that Pat had a...
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Quit stalling on Cook County reformsMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - It hardly comes as a surprise to see downstate Republicans waving foam fingers in the air and razzing Cook County for having reached the highest sales tax in the nation,...
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New era brings new balance to two sides of paper's missionMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - In the inner world of a daily newspaper, the "tell the truth" side of the mission and the "make money" side persist in something of a state of uneasy symbiosis. Each sid...
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Thornton, board deserve our thanksMar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - I read with interest Ms. Shirley Forpe's Jan. 28 letter, "211's nightmare coming to an end." Ms. Forpe is a retired District 211 teacher and president of the executive b...
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Kirk is a master at electronic forumsMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - In the last months, I have received recorded calls from Congressman Mark Kirk inviting members of the household to join in electronic town meetings. In one of these occ...