Northbrook Opinion
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Age limit on tanning takes away freedomApr 28, 2011 12:00 am - I greatly appreciate how you kept your impartiality intact throughout your article, “State suggests 17 is too young to tan,” without constantly ranting about your opinio...
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Require backup cameras now, not laterApr 27, 2011 12:00 am - Every major leap in automobile safety has come with inexplicable pushback from those who complain about added costs and abrogation of personal rights. The seat belt was ...
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Law breakers are being rewardedApr 26, 2011 12:00 am - Thank you to Sue Tiederman of Elgin for her March 28 Fence Post letter, “Family decided in 2004 to break law.” Every day, month and year illegals are breaking the law re...
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Why require sacrifices of middle class first?Apr 26, 2011 12:00 am - It was sad reading that the bookstore Borders was filing for bankruptcy. Stores will close and hundreds of employees will be laid off. But wait, there is a glimmer of ho...
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Do something now about gas pricesApr 25, 2011 12:00 am - To paraphrase President Ronald Reagan, Mr. Obama, tear down these gas prices! While we’re blowing our paychecks and our budgets driving to work and to the grocery store,...
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Tell Congress not to privatize MedicareApr 25, 2011 12:00 am - Rep. Paul Ryan from Wisconsin has proposed turning Medicare over to the insurance companies and providing recipients a “voucher” to buy insurance. Medicare currently ope...
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Higher income tax only hurting IllinoisApr 25, 2011 12:00 am - Gov. Quinn sent all of us a clear message with his recent tax hike. He wants us to clean up the mess he and his mops in Springfield created. The Illinois Policy Institut...
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Township bus makes seniors independentApr 25, 2011 12:00 am - In regards to an article in the Herald regarding the townships: I am an elderly widow with no means of transportation. I take the township bus at least two times a week,...
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Sayad appreciates voters’ supportApr 24, 2011 12:00 am - Dear voters of the 4th Ward, thank you for your support in electing me as your alderman. I look forward to working with the city council, our mayor and the city staff to...
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Fair districting started hereApr 24, 2011 12:00 am - As state legislatures set about redrawing congressional and legislative district lines to reflect the 2010 census, they must conform to the Supreme Court’s equal-populat...