Long Grove Opinion
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Saturday Soapbox: No flood helpMar 14, 2008 11:00 pm - We understand that state and federal emergency management agencies have to draw the line somewhere in determining which communities are eligible for funds when a disaste...
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What's Hunt really done for village?Mar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - I read with great interest the article regarding Keith Hunt and his justifications for the outrageous expenses he charged to the village of Hawthorn Woods over the past ...
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What's Hunt really done for village?Mar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - I read with great interest the article regarding Keith Hunt and his justifications for the outrageous expenses he charged to the village of Hawthorn Woods over the past ...
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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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TIF no benefit to Long GroveMar 02, 2008 10:00 pm - The Feb. 27 Daily Herald article, "Long Grove approves TIF district" warrants some clarification. It is an important distinction to note that the petition before the vil...
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Soapbox: Stevsenson debate team's glory daysFeb 29, 2008 10:00 pm - A familiar refrain is that high school athletics get all the glory while other equally valuable extracurricular activities are ignored by the media. Debate teams usually...
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Traffic the result if mall is OK'dFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - I saw in the Feb. 14th Herald how Long Grove is pondering the Sunset Grove shopping mall at Aptakisic and Route 83. I hope this plan will be shelved until traffic in th...
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In midst of covering tragedy, journalists do care about sourcesFeb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - Reporters and photographers play a role that goes beyond merely satisfying the public's curiosity about a shocking event. At times like these, news reporters aren't exac...
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Soapbox: Goodbye, SenatorFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - Journalists are a hardened, cynical bunch, but we were genuinely saddened upon hearing of former state Sen. Adeline Geo-Karis' passing this week. Geo-Karis, 89, of Zion,...
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Whom is misleading whom?Feb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - In a recent letter to the editor my Democrat opponent, Amanda Howland, accused me of "deliberately misleading" local taxpayers in regard to the increased RTA mass transi...