Palatine Opinion
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Beaubien’s familiarity, experience importantOct 27, 2012 4:40 am - Why is Dee Beaubien the ideal candidate to replace the late Mark Beaubien in House District 52? She knows the people; her work in community service and as a member of va...
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Embarrassed about Walsh’s hypocrisyOct 26, 2012 4:40 am - Recently I had the opportunity to hear both Congressman Joe Walsh and Tammy Duckworth being interviewed on television. During that interview, Congressman Walsh went on a...
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Walsh hardly David to Duckworth’s GoliathOct 26, 2012 4:40 am - Regarding C. Poole’s comments on David and Goliath. Joe Walsh is an incumbent Congressman and recipient of significant external SuperPAC support and television advertisi...
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Editorial: The win-win of first-time forgivenessOct 25, 2012 9:35 am - In 2009, the average number of inmates in Illinois prisons stood at 45,545. It grew to 47,504 the next year and to 48,978 in 2011, according to annual reports from the I...
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Duckworth shows she meets obligationsOct 25, 2012 5:00 am - We have the opportunity on Nov. 6 to recognize greatness and honorable service of a fellow citizen. As a disabled Vietnam veteran, I remember what it takes to get on a p...
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Editorial: Preckwinkle gives and takes Cook taxesOct 24, 2012 9:35 am - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle didn’t initiate a 1-percentage-point county sales tax increase in 2008, Her predecessor Todd Stroger did. But Preckwinkle di...
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A Romney vote is a setback for womenOct 21, 2012 5:00 am - Mitt Romney’s position on women should be of grave concern. Certainly, a man who has spent his “entire life in private business” has met qualified, capable women over th...
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Romney did what any taxpayer wouldOct 20, 2012 5:00 am - This letter is in response to the Oct. 8 letter submitted by Mr. David Roberts. First, how does Mr. Roberts know that Mitt Romney has any carried interest income on his ...
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Endorsement: Yes on Arlington Heights parks proposalOct 19, 2012 5:00 am - We thought Arlington Heights residents shouldn’t pass up the opportunity last spring to leverage low borrowing and construction costs to make needed renovation work at s...
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We already told the park district ‘no’Oct 19, 2012 5:00 am - It seems like we the people just fended off one obscene attempt by the park district to stick us with $48 million in completely unneeded buildings in March, and barely f...