Palatine Opinion
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Let health coverage cross state linesMar 01, 2010 10:00 pm - A main component of the health care reform plan that President Obama revealed is insurance rate control. The federal Health and Human Services Department along with stat...
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Obama must do what it takes to fix systemMar 01, 2010 10:00 pm - We're all concerned with increasing health costs, but you don't realize it until something happens to you personally. In December I broke my leg. Surgery had to be done ...
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Cigarette tax hike would harm IllinoisFeb 28, 2010 10:00 pm - Anti-smoking advocates want a $1 per pack hike in Illinois' cigarette tax on top of the 62 cents per pack federal excise tax increase that took effect just last year (Fe...
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Death a sad wake-up call about cornerFeb 28, 2010 10:00 pm - On Thursday a fatality occurred at Benton and Northwest Highway, and one of the dearest, kindest people to ever grace this earth was lost to us fortunate enough to know ...
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Prospect Hts. water just fine, thank youFeb 28, 2010 10:00 pm - I would like to say to Cathy Colleran of Palatine, I do not have "stank, brown water." We are happy with our water and we love living in Prospect Heights and have been h...
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Please don't make me walk in streetFeb 28, 2010 10:00 pm - It's bad enough that this winter has given us more snow than usual, and that the snow has been sticking around longer. But too many of our neighbors don't have enough co...
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Would a little courtesy have killed this guy?Feb 28, 2010 10:00 pm - A few nights ago we needed a tow truck. The guy's attitude on the phone was awful and if he knew how to speak more than one word at a time, he chose not to. I felt like ...
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Why must seniors privacy be so grossly invadedFeb 28, 2010 10:00 pm - The touted $4 federal lunch program for seniors comes with a ridiculous list of requirements. Unlike any of our good restaurants, our senior citizens must make a reserva...
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Don't let state scare towns into gamblingFeb 28, 2010 10:00 pm - How sad it is that scare tactics and misinformation are being used to intimidate and confuse local officials from banning video poker machines in their communities. We h...
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Traffic cameras feed greed, not safetyFeb 28, 2010 10:00 pm - Well, Hoffman Estates wants to install traffic light cameras at five intersections. Yet there is no evidence to show that installing traffic light cameras at these inter...