Northfield Opinion
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Release of photos would incite our foesMay 23, 2011 12:00 am - My personal conviction regarding the issues that pertain to the safety, security and prosperity of the American people is both passionate and pragmatic. It is in the bes...
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Obama on right track with warMay 23, 2011 12:00 am - I must compliment Ms. Estrich for her fabulous column of May 10 (“The right loses its fight”). I am grateful and pleased that anyone sees the situation as is. Thank you....
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Protecting young is part of being humanMay 23, 2011 12:00 am - Muneeza Naqvi’s Associated Press article in your May 5 edition with the distressing picture of the crying, emaciated 21-month-old little girl, Sani in India, will haunt ...
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Still no marker at Flight 191 crash siteMay 22, 2011 12:00 am - As Memorial Day again approaches, metropolitan Chicago will mark once more the anniversary of the deadliest single airline crash (barring 9/11 terrorism) in our nation’s...
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Don’t make cuts to supportive livingMay 22, 2011 12:00 am - Illinois’ Supportive Living Program provides area seniors and their families the help they need at a price they can afford. This lower cost alternative to traditional nu...
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Bartlett Park District needs to get realMay 22, 2011 12:00 am - They’re kidding, right? The Bartlett Park District is suing the Village for failing to approve their redevelopment plan for Beaver Pond. The BPD is spending our money to...
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Courage needed to fix pension systemMay 22, 2011 12:00 am - Government pensions were originally intended to attract talented employees to traditionally low salary government service jobs. Retirement was an implied future compensa...
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D54 salary ‘unconscionable’May 22, 2011 12:00 am - It is simply unconscionable and outrageous that District 54’s assistant superintendent, Mohsin Dada, made a $341,747 salary for 2010 and had raises of 22 percent in each...
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Wonderful family finds lost dogMay 22, 2011 12:00 am - We have a neighbor who’s little dog is an escape artist. He is a tiny little guy, named Hershey, who somehow gets through his fence into neighbors yards two houses away....
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Time to take care of Arlington racetrackMay 22, 2011 12:00 am - I am not a gambler nor am I connected to the village of Arlington Heights. My concern is that I think it’s high time we take care of a neighbor that’s been good to us, a...