Palatine Opinion
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Bean mailer misleads votersSep 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Today I received a mailer from the office of Congresswoman Melissa Bean, sent at taxpayers' expense. In the mailer Congresswoman Bean acknowledges "we need a strategic e...
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Bring back the Puppy Paddle!Aug 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Until last year, the Palatine Park District, along with other suburban park districts, had a wonderful event called Puppy Paddle. A lot of citizens looked forward to the...
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It's about time Kirk had an impactAug 27, 2008 11:00 pm - I'm just thrilled that Dan Seals has lit a fire in Mark Kirk. Kirk has authored a bill that may actually come to the floor in Congress. The bill is an energy independen...
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Funding isn't cause of achievement gapAug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois State Sen. James Meeks has floated the idea that Chicago students should take off their first day of school and attempt to enroll in a suburban school to illust...
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Bean not standing up for constituentsAug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - As a citizen of Melissa Bean's district it is important that we know what kind of contributions our current representative is accepting from PACs. Campaigning should not...
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Storm clouds on horizon in Dist. 15Aug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - As a teacher in District 15 for almost 30 years, I remember the strike of 1982. It was preceded two years before by a stunning union victory that left many powerful peop...
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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...