Palatine Opinion
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Living, dying with dignity is goalDec 10, 2013 4:00 am - With a great deal of empathy, I read Randy Gollay’s Nov. 10 letter, “You cannot know when your time is up.” He has gone through a lot, but he appears to be a real fighte...
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NW Fest Orchestra concert blew writer awayDec 09, 2013 4:00 am - Your recent story on the Northwest Festival Orchestra prompted me to attend their Nov. 24 concert at Harper College. After all, it was conveniently here in the Northwest...
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D211 fund balance is way out of balanceDec 09, 2013 4:00 am - On Nov. 14 about 20 residents, myself included, attended High School District 211’s board of education meeting to support the board adhering to its own fund balance poli...
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The SoapboxDec 07, 2013 4:00 am - Check those IDs: Given the problem of teen drinking, it’s disappointing to see so many Bartlett businesses failed a recent age check in which police used two 18-year-old...
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Bicyclists continue to ignore stop signsDec 07, 2013 4:00 am - This is in response to the Nov. 24 letter, “Driver, bikers must learn to coexist,” by Mike Smolenski. Mr. Smolenski does not mention the fact that bikers blow through st...
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Editorial: ‘Divorcing’ fire districts need time to find common groundDec 04, 2013 11:10 am - There’s not much we can say that will influence the approaching split of the Barrington Fire Department and the Barrington Countryside Fire Protection District. Both boa...
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President overstepping limits of his officeDec 04, 2013 4:00 am - What part of Article II, Section 3, of the Constitution, which states, “he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed,” doesn’t President Obama understand? On ...
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Too much just to get health care up and runningDec 02, 2013 4:00 am - Did I hear right? $678 million dollars to install a website to help the uninsured, and it doesn’t work! Add to this the millions spent to develop Obamacare, plus the mil...
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Obama has made deal with the devilDec 02, 2013 4:00 am - Secretary of State John Kerry’s pronouncement that the newly inked nuclear pact with Iran “will make the world safer” is likely to prove as accurate as Woodrow Wilson’s ...
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Our nation wasn’t built on handoutsDec 01, 2013 4:00 am - I am responding to the Nov. 11 letter by James Prescott. Mr. Prescott makes it sound as if he carried auto insurance to protect others. I also carried auto insurance, da...