Island Lake Opinion
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Tea party and the construction strikeAug 03, 2010 11:00 pm - The International Union of Operating Engineers recently signed their members' contract to raises of 9.75 percent for three years (3.25 percent per year) which includes w...
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Some facts on new FRG garageAug 03, 2010 11:00 pm - There are many false ideas being floated around Fox River Grove regarding the public works garage, which is needed in anticipation of the IEPA regulations about clean wa...
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I voted for you, now want to recall youAug 01, 2010 11:00 pm - To Lisa Stone: In response to your published comments that only your enemies and non-supporters have signed the petition to recall you, that is not true. I voted for you...
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Markets shouldn't be on same dayAug 01, 2010 11:00 pm - I have been pining away for a local farmers market for as long as I can remember. We finally get TWO in my area, Long Grove and Buffalo Grove. But how silly is it that t...
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Obama gang paving way for new taxesJul 31, 2010 11:00 pm - Well here it is, congressional recess time again, and I guess those guys need a rest after all the royal shafting they have given to those of us who still pay federal in...
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All jobs important, not just teachers'Jul 31, 2010 11:00 pm - Let me preface what I will say by stating that I recently taught for five years in the public school system. I have many teacher friends and have the utmost respect the ...
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Do your homework, research records before votingJul 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Senate Office of Public Records and the Clerk of the House reports indicate ConocoPhillips, BP, Exxon Mobil and Chevron spent more than $16 million lobbying legislators ...
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Not shocked by Obama's business policyJul 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Usually we think of CEOs as sophisticated and data-driven, making tough choices based on hard facts. But CEOs have demonstrated incredible naiveté over the last decade t...
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Quinn should either step up or step downJul 30, 2010 11:00 pm - The state of Illinois has a proposed budget of $26 billion and a budget deficit of $13 billion - an ocean of red ink. It is a budget deficit that is 50 percent of the bu...
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Terrorists won't destroy the U.S., we willJul 30, 2010 11:00 pm - As a teenager, I vividly remember watching the Cuban missile crisis unfold and the helpless feeling I had that our country was going to be destroyed in a nuclear war. I'...