Northfield Opinion
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Enough already; city needs more moneyJun 21, 2009 11:00 pm - "Prospect Heights to Start Staff Furloughs." I read the headline with a mixture of sadness and anger. I have lived in this pleasant, tree-filled town for 36 years and ha...
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Quinn is out of touch with taxpayersJun 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Illinoisans are not buying Governor Quinn's gloom-and-doom talk that the state's public health system will crumble and public safety will be compromised if he isn't allo...
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Disappointed with quality of repairsJun 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Yes, it is good news that streets are being resurfaced in Arlington Heights. ("Arlington Heights giving local streets facelifts..." June 10) I'm sure residents on those ...
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Need light sequence fixed at intersectionJun 21, 2009 11:00 pm - I've written a few letters to Fencepost over the last couple of years, and most of you must be thinking "Dude, find something else to do!" But this has been bothersome o...
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America's military sustains freedomJun 20, 2009 11:00 pm - With the passing of D-Day's 65th anniversary, I would like to take the opportunity to thank our military for sustaining the freedom we enjoy today. From those who thankf...
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Fix, don't overhaul health care systemJun 20, 2009 11:00 pm - President Obama just e-mailed me to ask my support for his health-care proposals He says he is flexile but any reform must "reduce costs, guarantee choice, and ensure qu...
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Being grateful for the boot strapsJun 19, 2009 11:00 pm - I'm writing in response to Mr. Alfred Kirkland Jr.'s post of Sunday, June 7. In it he says he is convinced that "inside every rock-ribbed conservative who tells everyone...
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Death penalty, abortion are separate issuesJun 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Mr. McDougall, you inadvertently gave cogency to my comments (Fence Post, June 6). I have but one question. What did the aborted babies do to deserve death? Bob Lowth Ar...
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Do as I say, not as I doJun 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Is this hypocrisy or am I just confused? The Obama government is proposing large cash incentives to trade in our large, safe, but gas guzzling cars for little plastic cr...
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Health-care reform must offer choicesJun 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Are you one of the millions of Americans with no health care? Are you worried about losing your job, and along with your job, losing your health care like millions of yo...