Palatine Opinion
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Time to take the hint, Mt. ProspectMar 06, 2014 4:00 am - Please, Mount Prospect, take advantage of this opportunity and tear everything down from Main Street to Marathon. Jake's is closed, the carpet store collapsed, the Japan...
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Freedom from religion wasn't the intentMar 04, 2014 4:01 am - "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or th...
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Saturday SoapboxFeb 28, 2014 10:00 pm - He is Ironman: Best wishes to Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson on his recovery from heart surgery. The uber-fit mayor showed up in pieces to a village board me...
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Meacham backups due to stoplightFeb 24, 2014 4:00 am - I travel through the Meacham Road area several times a day almost every day. The solution of adding a third lane in the middle will do very little to solve the traffic p...
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'Early release' is at expense of D15 kidsFeb 24, 2014 4:00 am - In a Feb. 13 article, District 15 Superintendent Scott Thompson and teachers union President Lisa Nuss were each quoted as saying how well the first week of Friday early...
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New track in D15 is a foolish expenseFeb 24, 2014 4:00 am - I would honestly like someone to explain to me why School Dist. 15 can propose with a straight face the expenditure of $340,000 dollars for a new track at a junior high ...
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Political cartoons too mean-spiritedFeb 23, 2014 4:00 am - I find myself deeply disturbed and disappointed by the political cartoons a bit too often. While I'll admit that both sides are the brunt of the jokes at times, the most...
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Endorsement: 'Yes' to maintain Palatine rural fire district staffingFeb 23, 2014 12:01 am - Like most suburban government bodies reliant on property taxes, the Palatine Rural Fire Protection District has lost money as property values drop - $300,000 between 201...
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Witch-trial mentality blocks sound discourseFeb 21, 2014 4:01 am - It appears there is no longer a line between healthy opposition to a president and outrageous efforts to ruin him through gross manipulations of the truth. In some ways,...
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Endorsement: Dart for Cook County sheriffFeb 21, 2014 4:01 am - A little of the shine has come off Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart since 2010, when he was running for a second term as sheriff and was expected to emerge as Rahm Emanuel's...