Palatine Opinion
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Kirk is fiscal conservativeJul 10, 2010 11:00 pm - As a lifelong Illinoisan, it is disheartening, and embarrassing to see national news stories about the insolvency of our state. We cannot afford to have candidates like ...
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Gulf region needs action, not wordsJul 10, 2010 11:00 pm - The Daily Herald Opinion page on June 22 featured editorials by Charles Krauthammer and Donna Brazile, both reacting to Obama's recent speech on the Gulf oil spill yet i...
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Time to gag all school chief secrecyJul 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Palatine Township Elementary District 15's taxpayers are on the hook to pay former Superintendent Dan Lukich $185,000 in return for no work by him next year, unless he h...
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Turn your attention to Yucca MountainJul 10, 2010 11:00 pm - While the nation's attention is fixated on the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico there is a much less heralded fiasco known as Yucca Mountain. Located in Nevada, this site ...
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Sexual abusers are always a threatJul 09, 2010 11:00 pm - I am writing in response to an article about Laurie J. Augustine, a sex offender, who has not been released from prison because of not being able to find approved housin...
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Here's how Arizona can repeal its lawJul 09, 2010 11:00 pm - There has been so much written about Arizona's new immigration law. Countless demonstrations in so many locations. Hundreds demanding that the Chicago Cubs should move t...
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Watch out for 'let's make a deal'Jul 09, 2010 11:00 pm - You remember how we were sold the war in Iraq, right? Existential threats, weapons of mass destruction, terrorism links, all very dramatic. Oh hey, you mean oil revenue ...
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Pretty, but too tall for trafficJul 09, 2010 11:00 pm - I would like to commend the city of Elgin on the beautification of the stretch of Wing Park Boulevard south of Wing Park. The center island with its trees, flowers and t...
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It's time to hold Toyota responsibleJul 09, 2010 11:00 pm - The Toyota Motor Car Company has been running commercials on television thanking its customers for their loyalty. Yeah, sure. The over fifty deaths caused by defects in ...
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How will Walmart not stimulate economy?Jul 09, 2010 11:00 pm - I find it fascinating when people want to voice their negative opinions about a subject and never offer a counterpoint. Susan Grandt of Elgin recently wrote on how the h...