Palatine Opinion
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State mental health system costs livesAug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois' broken mental health system is costing lives, not only the lives of those with mental illness, but their families and bystanders as well. Recently, a Cook cou...
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GOP lending an ear to residentsAug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - I would like to thank the Illinois House Republicans for actually LISTENING to families in the Northwest Suburbs. Recently, I was able to speak with Anita Forte-Scott ab...
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Murphy no help to young adults who need health insuranceAug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Once again, Matt Murphy doesn't get it. Even as families with young adults in the "rich" Northwest suburbs are being hit with higher property taxes, higher fuel costs, h...
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Bean a Congressional truantAug 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Sometimes missing, Melissa Bean: What member of the suburban delegation to the U.S. House has missed the most votes in the 110th Congress? A Soapbox Dart to Barringt...
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Economy spirals, government spendsAug 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Our economy lost another 51,000 jobs in July, making for seven straight months of job losses and a total lost of 463,000 for this year. Unemployment went up to 5.7 perce...
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Police training on use of deadly forceAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Per Police Chief Bill Biang of Waukegan, it takes four fatal bullets in the chest to get a kid to drop a hammer. The good police chief says cops are trained this way. Pe...
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To solve problems, look in your mirrorAug 18, 2008 11:00 pm - If you are fed up with inept career politicians, rising energy and food prices and really want to know why, look in your mirror. It's our laziness and apathy and our co...
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McCain shouldn't be called a heroAug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - I wish people would stop calling John McCain a hero as it cheapens the meaning of the word. Surrendering to the enemy is not heroic. Prudent probably, but not heroic. H...
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We must overcome our addiction to oilAug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Recently, a reader suggested it's illogical to retain a ban on offshore drilling. I maintain it is illogical thinking to suggest that we can solve our addiction to oil ...
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When is a flip-flop not a flip-flop?Aug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - The fact that I'm even talking about this is a testament to how disappointed I am as to how low, devious and divisive the McCain campaign has become since the senator hi...