Northbrook Opinion
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It's about business, not about socialismApr 19, 2010 11:00 pm - I've grown tired of the diatribe about socialism, big government and free markets. Those who blog about these things do so on the Internet built by DARPA, using computer...
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The heart of the tea partyApr 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Because I heard the tea party participants being accused of using pejorative language, 1 wanted to see for myself, so I decided to attend the April 6 tea party rally in ...
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Petition drive was democracy in actionApr 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Since March 10th, we who live in the area served by School District 15 have been fortunate to witness democracy and grass root citizenship in action. It was on that day ...
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Illinois Lottery people, listen upApr 18, 2010 11:00 pm - To all players of the Lottery: I would buy many more tickets if the machine which sold the tickets would flash "winner" or "loser" as the ticket comes out. If ticket was...
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Don't break up Nature Ridge familyApr 18, 2010 11:00 pm - How does U-46 define a neighborhood? The goal of the 2004 boundary changes was to create neighborhood schools. Nature Ridge in Bartlett has this, along with 120 students...
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You made petition drive successfulApr 18, 2010 11:00 pm - As part of the Bonds on the Ballot group of citizen-moms, we would like to take our hat off to each and everyone of the circulators - all 168 of you. Without your determ...
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Brother thinks toters are great for garbageApr 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Following the "garbage system" discussion about changing our Arlington Heights procedure in the 4/2/10 Herald, my brother, a senior citizen in Hoffman Estates, sent me t...
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Missteps mean this board has got to goApr 18, 2010 11:00 pm - The Wheeling village president and the board have to go. First, they spend millions on a new village hall, police station, maintenance building and fire station. Then th...
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Local firefighters are worth every pennyApr 18, 2010 11:00 pm - We would like to extend a big heartfelt thank you to the Wheeling Fire Department and the many other neighboring fire departments who responded to the condominium fire o...
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Don't cut funding to municipalitiesApr 18, 2010 11:00 pm - As local government leaders, we are extremely aware of the unprecedented fiscal challenges facing our state governments in these times of economic turmoil. The same down...