Palatine Opinion
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New rule places students at riskJun 13, 2010 11:00 pm - For nearly 100 years, the institution my grandfather founded has served students with an education that prepares them for applied arts careers. I am proud to serve as a ...
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Let's rethink site of Wheeling cell towerJun 13, 2010 11:00 pm - I am back to talk about the proposed 16-story AT&T cell tower on Horcher Farm. I realize that the permit was granted but I would like the Village Board to rethink its vo...
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Put down your kids' piggy bankJun 12, 2010 11:00 pm - I really love her, but please don't tell her ... she's my precious and adorable one-year-old granddaughter. Don't tell her, you ask? Well, I have a creative and conveni...
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Don't blame Obama for Gulf oil spillJun 12, 2010 11:00 pm - Regarding your editorial on May 26, "Woeful Delays on a National Tragedy" in which you blame Obama for the oil mess in the gulf. You are dead wrong. You say Louisiana Go...
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We need immigration reform, and nowJun 12, 2010 11:00 pm - It is time for both parties in Congress to come out of their 20-year sleep and do something about immigration. There are ten to 20 million illegals in this country and 3...
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Quinn job plan makes no senseJun 12, 2010 11:00 pm - Gov. Quinn's job plan - what kind of goofy plan is this? According to the article in a recent paper, the plan aims to put 15,000 low-income people to work. OK so far. He...
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Mandate English by third gradeJun 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Being a class of 2010 graduate from Larkin High School, I'm used to hearing the foreign languages in school. But where does it end? I truly believe that teaching or enco...
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Soapbox: Bargain hunters and gags gone wrongJun 11, 2010 11:00 pm - True bargain hunters: They're not brand new, but the year-old balls now at the Libertyville Golf Learning Center are a vast improvement over the worn-out ones use...
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Thank God for the great state of ArizonaJun 11, 2010 11:00 pm - I find it appalling that the Mexican President, Felipe Calderon has the nerve to visit our great country and criticize the Arizona law. The immigration law in Mexico is ...
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Paying promised pensions is only fairJun 11, 2010 11:00 pm - At age 68, I retired from a community college with a pension of $30,000 per year. Many writers of letters to your editor would feel that this is way too much - that in t...