Palatine Opinion
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Editorial: A mother's gift with a message for all on bullyingJul 26, 2015 11:00 pm - The Fremd High School Class of 1975 hardly invented teenage bullying. Moreover, it is unfair and doubtless inaccurate to blame whatever bullying John Trout suffered on e...
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Shut down U.S.-Mexican borderJul 26, 2015 6:42 am - I cannot understand some of the people in this country wanting our southern border to be open. Don't they realize what is happening or don't they care? People like Rep. ...
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County can keep improving without harmful sales taxJul 14, 2015 1:00 am - We've had this debate before, and my opinion hasn't changed since our last go-round under Todd Stroger with raising the sales tax on the hardworking taxpayers of Cook Co...
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Music with fireworks needs Fourth themeJul 13, 2015 5:00 am - I love the 4th of July. Sometimes we get caught up in the excitement and forget why we are celebrating it. In my younger days, I participated in three unusual floats in ...
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Wambach a great American soccer storyJul 11, 2015 1:00 am - As we marked the birth of our nation last weekend, we celebrated two victories for all Americans: The U.S. Supreme Court's decision on marriage equality and another Worl...
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Editorial: Ideas shouldn't be shut down by being shouted downJul 10, 2015 1:00 am - Ironically, the people packing the room in protest had won the battle before the meeting even started. Mount Prospect Police Chief Tim Janowick had dropped his proposal ...
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Editorial: Sales tax increase still a bad idea for Cook CountyJul 07, 2015 1:00 am - If anyone has earned the credibility to justify revisiting a sales tax increase in Cook County, it's Toni Preckwinkle. In almost five years at the helm of the county boa...
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Dist. 15 is letting fox into the hen houseJul 06, 2015 5:00 am - The June 22nd article ("Teachers union head joins District 15 administration") should have been front page news. I am appalled with Superintendent Thompson's temerity st...
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Climate 'denier' label an insultJul 03, 2015 1:00 am - Many commenters published here assert that the world and the U.S. need to dramatically reduce carbon emissions to save the planet from what they claim will be the catast...
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State pension rules have it backwardJul 03, 2015 1:00 am - I am writing to thank you for the excellent article by Jake Griffin on the behavior of one Peter Murphy of the Illinois Association of Park Districts. I found his smi...