Palatine Opinion
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Untimely pay raises for mayor, trusteesApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Raising the pay of local elected officials can be a tricky subject. In the first place, most elected officials don't get into community leadership for the money, and tha...
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The 'surge' in Iraq is not workingApr 11, 2008 11:00 pm - To all of you positive Republicans, it would seem the last few weeks have proven that the so-called "surge" in Iraq is not working. On top of all that, it would seem li...
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Big business poses the real problemApr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - How naive are these so-called environmentalists who write into this publication? They promote the use of things like electricity and natural gas as an alternative to woo...
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Chronicling elusive standard of judgment by 'content of character'Apr 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Random thoughts: Sometimes the news is its own object lesson. Daily Herald Staff Writer Emily Krone worked for a week and a half to find and interview suburbanites who c...
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Data contradicts global warmingApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - At least once a week, the Herald publishes a letter from someone who has taken up the Al Gore line that global warming is a cataclysmic planetary emergency and we must t...
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Clinton to blame for bad mortgagesApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - While I listened to Hillary to pat herself on the back for all the wonderful things she accomplished while Bill was our president, I also heard her point her finger at p...
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Why didn't police just use a Tazer?Apr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Here we go again. Police, this time in Rolling Meadows, shoot and kill an intoxicated citizen. This one was said to be brandishing knives. Are we to believe he was thro...
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Keep the letters coming, GeriApr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - I am a longtime fan of Fence Post. "Our self-interests imperil democracy" of April 3, was the best one I ever read. I hope Geri O'Brien of Arlington Heights becomes as ...
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Educators aren't just principals, teachersApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Now comes the story of Al Weber. Weber, as Daily Herald reporter Sheila Ahern wrote last week, was not what we normally think of when we hear the word educator. He was ...
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Ultimately, public must clean up messApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Once again we hear about our friend Todd Stroger, Cook County Board president, who just gave his cousin a 12 percent raise. His cousin's battle cry before the election ...