Palatine Opinion
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As treasurer Cross will make a differenceOct 26, 2013 5:00 am - Over the last decade, our state has faced increasingly serious fiscal challenges that are hurting Illinoisans’ quality of life. Unfortunately, the response of the Democr...
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Editorial: What happened to the sense of urgency on pensions?Oct 24, 2013 5:00 am - Even before the first day of the scheduled fall session of the Illinois legislature closed on Tuesday, the House had canceled today’s activities. Three days of work appe...
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Clinton campaign would continue the liesOct 24, 2013 5:00 am - You printed a letter from Jim Peterson (Oct. 17) lauding the possible 2016 presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton and urging us to elect her. It was a well-organized p...
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Women’s gun club only promotes fearOct 21, 2013 5:00 am - According to your lead article in the Oct. 7 paper, we now have a new gun demographic — women and their children. The article and photos about the Des Plaines women’s gu...
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Focus on ability, not race, of teachersOct 21, 2013 5:00 am - In the Oct. 15 story regarding teacher “diversity” in Elgin and other suburban school districts, the reporter observes, “But they’re being taught by mostly white teacher...
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This isn’t how it’s done, Mr. BoehnerOct 19, 2013 5:00 am - House Speaker John Boehner needs to reread the Constitution to refresh his memory about how laws are passed and implemented in the U.S. because he obviously needs a refr...
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The alluring, but unfinished, saga of Cook County budgetOct 17, 2013 5:00 am - The story of the 2014 Cook County budget, unveiled last week by county board President Toni Preckwinkle, sounds very alluring today but may not be entirely evident until...
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Attend Oct. 24 meeting on fixing Illinois and the redistricting systemOct 14, 2013 11:00 pm - A statewide effort has started to change how Illinois state Senate and Representative districts are drawn. Right now, the maps are redrawn every 10 years to make sure e...
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Preckwinkle committed to working with allOct 14, 2013 5:00 am - I was disappointed by the way the Daily Herald characterized my position — writing that my “efforts to reduce the county’s jail population and save taxpayers millions of...
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The SoapboxOct 12, 2013 5:00 am - Budgetary perspective in Elgin: Elgin city councilmen are not sure about eliminating business license fees because they worry about losing revenue. The fees are projecte...