Northbrook Opinion
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She’s all for slots at the trackApr 24, 2011 12:00 am - I’m all “for” slots at the A.H. racetrack, and do not care who knows it! Do the “locals” that oppose the slots, think this would stop that form of entertainment, they ca...
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Obamacare is everyone’s careApr 24, 2011 12:00 am - Rep. Joe Walsh’s crusade to defund the Affordable Care Act is ludicrous. He wants to eliminate the law that is already helping tens of thousands of his constituents — in...
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More at stake than just racing in saving trackApr 24, 2011 12:00 am - There has been much debate about the pros and cons of having slot machines at Arlington Racetrack. The time is now to approve slot machines for Arlington racetrack, with...
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Hersey mom says thanks for teachersApr 24, 2011 12:00 am - I believe that education is the answer to most if not all of our social ills. Therefore, I think that it would be more helpful to talk about the favorable aspects of our...
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A solution to the union problemApr 23, 2011 12:00 am - There is no question that in the past unions have helped people fight greedy corporations. But today, now that unions have grown powerful, who now protects the people fr...
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Who’s representing the common folk?Apr 23, 2011 12:00 am - I have not written to Fence Post in a very long time but decided that this issue was too important for me to remain mute. I have watched the news coverage of Mr. Quinn, ...
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Bar social agendas from budget debateApr 23, 2011 12:00 am - If the ongoing federal “budget” debate is really all about fiscal responsibility and not social issues and oil, House and Senate members on both sides of the aisle shoul...
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GOP cuts focus only on short termApr 23, 2011 12:00 am - Caustic broadcaster Sean Hannity rejected the idea that Republican spending has anything to do with our current debt and deficit in a recently televised spat with Rep. A...
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Avalanche of charity requests does no goodApr 23, 2011 12:00 am - Since late December I have received 117 mailed requests for donations from 43 charities. Many of these include several pages of heartwarming stories and all sorts of pre...
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Obama has started a long ‘odyssey’Apr 23, 2011 12:00 am - Does anyone appreciate the irony that Barack Obama launched his 2012 campaign exactly on the eighth anniversary of “Operation Iraqi Freedom?” When we were kids we’d ofte...