Northfield Opinion
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Teach Chinese to students early onOct 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Barrington Unit District 220 has the right idea teaching Chinese in the elementary schools. Our schools need to revamp and update the language programs. Spanish, German...
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Republicans won't reduce deficitOct 19, 2010 11:00 pm - In reviewing what I have read in the newspapers, there is a similarity of thought among Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady and Steve Rauschenberger stating pl...
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Cook County treasurer: PappasOct 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Maria Pappas runs the Cook County treasurer's office like a business, consistently reducing spending, cutting staff by half over a dozen years and increasing revenue...
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Cook County clerk: OrrOct 18, 2010 11:00 pm - With his office's new online disclosure of lobbyists' attempts to sway county officials, 20-year Cook County Clerk David Orr adds another line to his resume as a reforme...
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'Party of yes' is difficult to unifyOct 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Many progressives are disappointed in the Obama administration. A catalog of disappointments could be created easily. Promises made have gone unkept; compromises were ma...
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Why must we pay for campaigning?Oct 18, 2010 11:00 pm - I would like to know why, when our country is in debt, we are paying for President and Mrs. Obama to fly around the country campaigning for the Democratic Party? Is it o...
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State needs Sente's experienceOct 18, 2010 11:00 pm - It is deeply concerning that our economy is in the midst of turmoil. It is quite pleasing to see that Carol Sente has been a leader in changing the direction our state i...
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Cook County Board: KeatsOct 18, 2010 11:00 pm - With her shifting position on the Cook County sales tax increase and her consistent support for Machine-style pol Joe Berrios, Toni Preckwinkle has not given a reassurin...
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Cook County sheriff: DartOct 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart has laid the groundwork for a police agency that's more responsive, that seeks to work with other departments to reduce crime rather than pr...
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A plea for a little more kindnessOct 18, 2010 11:00 pm - After watching story after story lately on the news about the cruelty of people against people, I find myself angered and saddened at the same time. The unimaginable sto...