Northbrook Opinion
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Vote will prove you can fight city hallMar 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Anyone who grew up in the Depression in Chicago, as I did, will remember that saying, "You can't fight city hall." But we can and will by voting in April on the referend...
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Frisk: Overwhelmed by your generosityMar 15, 2009 11:00 pm - I have been so overwhelmed by the cards, letters, e-mails, phone calls and school tributes since I retired after 50 years with the Daily Herald that I thought this might...
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Festival cutbacks aren't wisest choiceMar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Just a few days ago in this space, we urged suburban residents to resist the temptation to let fear of this wretched economy get the best of us. Rather than hunkering d...
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Time to secede from Cook County?Feb 21, 2009 10:00 pm - Recently, five members of the Illinois General Assembly reached out to Hanover Township Supervisor Mike Kelly and several other township supervisors in Northwest Cook Co...
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It's time for Obama to act presidentialFeb 21, 2009 10:00 pm - Put away childish things. However much President Barack Obama's adoring mass-media minions may try to convince everyone who hung on every word of Obama's inaugural addre...
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Saturday SoapboxFeb 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Another gauge of road damage: We have another, nonscientific gauge of how badly winter has hurt suburban roads: Daily Herald editors who are road cyclists. As we await s...
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Extend tax credit for Catholic schoolsFeb 16, 2009 10:00 pm - The Chicago Archdiocesan Office of Catholic Schools (OCS) has distributed its "Year in Review" Report 2009 detailing its accomplishments, data and progress in three focu...
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Herald off base on Rt. 53 referendumFeb 04, 2009 10:00 pm - I was very disappointed to see the Daily Herald's Jan. 11 editorial supporting County Board member David Stolman's proposed countywide advisory referendum regarding the ...
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Impeachment unites Illinois lawmakersFeb 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Jan. 9th, was Nixon's birthday. It is also the day an Illinois governor was impeached for the first time in nearly 200 years of state history. I participated in that his...
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Learn from past: No more tollwaysJan 30, 2009 10:00 pm - The Lake County Board is considering whether they should support the extension of Route 53 as a tollway. After reading all of the negative articles about our tollway, co...