Palatine Opinion
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Report Card results: Good, but familiar problems persistDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - We continue to score a respectable B overall, but the areas in which we fare least well remain the same. It is a source of both encouragement and concern for us that th...
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Peraica counters Stroger budgetDec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - The vitriol and personal attacks that have surrounded the Cook County budget discussions are unfortunate and accomplish little but damage the faith of the taxpayers in o...
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Change errant decision on school testsDec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - Sometimes, it seems, decisions made by state or federal agencies overseeing education just don't seem to have been thought out very well. Ironic, isn't it? Such is th...
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It's not the schools; it's a failure to readDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - The implicit message behind the recent school bashing in your pages is there exists some magic bullet for "curing" our schools' problems, if only the administrators and ...
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Rep. Kirk still votes for Bush agendaDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Mark Kirk continues to misrepresent his constituents. Recently, he voted against the funding bill that called for an orderly and responsible redeployment from Iraq. Thi...
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Why can't school kids sing carols?Dec 05, 2007 10:00 pm - "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Con...
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Emission bills would impact littleDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - Every day, we find global warming stories in our newspapers exhorting us to cut our carbon emissions to save the earth. What's missing is how much we must reduce these e...
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Teacher pay debate rooted in economyDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - I find it entertaining to read the letters from teachers defending their difficult job and reasonably high salaries. With all their degrees they hold, they seem not have...
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More trains will hurt BarringtonDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - To the editor: The Canadian National Rail Corp. has purchased the Elgin Joliet and Eastern RR (The "J') from United States Steel. They want to upgrade the line and incre...
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The good news John Drury never told you aboutDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - For a man whose bread always seemed to be buttered with cold, hard facts, anchorman John Drury was nourished by a much softer spread in the last 18 years of his life. La...