Palatine Opinion
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How could she do nothing to stop this?Mar 27, 2009 11:00 pm - I have reread the article about the charges that Marni Yang had a well-planned scheme to kill Rhoni Reuter and her unborn daughter. I kept coming back to two paragraphs:...
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You can't hold this country down longMar 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Not the banks, not the financials, not the auto industry - none of these. The real estate and construction industries - mainly, the residential construction industry - a...
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Dear Mr. President: Please help businessMar 27, 2009 11:00 pm - I am one of those average citizens in my sixties who has dutifully paid taxes all his life and has lost a significant portion of my retirement savings. As you know, many...
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Shouldn't employee have free choice?Mar 27, 2009 11:00 pm - I have been hearing about a bill pending a vote in Congress called the "Employee Free Choice Act" (EFCA). The AFL-CIO ran a TV ad stating that it would "bring fairness ...
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Cozza, Sawyer for Palatine park boardMar 27, 2009 11:00 pm - The Palatine Park District board has one incumbent and two challengers running for two seats. The district is the eighth largest in the state, with 80 full-time employee...
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Rooting for failure is un-American, RushMar 27, 2009 11:00 pm - The most telling aspect of Rush Limbaugh's speech at CPAC was his Super Bowl analogy; as a Steelers fan he said that it was perfectly natural for him to root for Kurt Wa...
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Red light cameras are a total scamMar 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Something must be done soon to stop the incredible ripoff that our local communities are forcing on drivers. The idea of cameras that can catch people who blow off red l...
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Tax increase needed to protect Prospect Heights police serviceMar 26, 2009 11:00 pm - As abhorrent as the thought of a tax increase is in the current depressed economy, we urge "yes" votes on the two-part proposal for a police protection tax in Prospect H...
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Democrats now control economyMar 25, 2009 11:00 pm - On Jan. 21, 2009, President Obama's inauguration day, the Dow Jones industrial average closed at 8,228.10. On March 5, 2009, about six weeks later, the Dow closed at 6,5...
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It's not right to govern by ideologyMar 25, 2009 11:00 pm - History is repeating itself. The previous administration chose to ignore the facts and put ideology ahead of reality in its economic policy. Because of that, the Bush ad...