Palatine Opinion
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Editorial sought to challenge a tired phraseAug 15, 2013 5:00 am - I got my first personal introduction to what has come to be known as NIMBY syndrome in Clinton, Iowa, back in the 1970s. As a cub reporter, I attended meeting after emot...
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Give D15 parents a better seat at tableAug 13, 2013 6:00 pm - Emotions have been running high among parents in Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 for the past year, as the controversy over whether to impose a late s...
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Appreciates Clegg’s, Solberg’s votesAug 13, 2013 6:00 pm - Hats off to Greg Solberg and Jim Clegg. They represented the real Palatine community. Thank you for your service. Jim Ekeberg Palatine ...
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Signage overkill at Lake ArlingtonAug 13, 2013 6:00 pm - In response to the recent and most regrettable tragedy at Lake Arlington, the park district’s new policy to have riders and walkers travel in opposite direction is a sim...
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Palatine council’s reasons nonsensicalAug 13, 2013 6:00 pm - On Monday night, the Palatine Village Council voted 4-2 against Catherine Alice Gardens affordable supportive housing at 345 Eric Drive. Against the good advice of the p...
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Park district’s done job; now it’s up to usAug 09, 2013 6:00 pm - Following the recent tragic death on the path around Lake Arlington, Arlington Heights came up with a plan to prevent such occurrences in the future. Today, as I biked t...
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This will only work if we all complyAug 09, 2013 6:00 pm - Changes are being made to the path around Lake Arlington so cyclists and skaters are to move around the lake in a counterclockwise direction on the outside of the path w...
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Owning guns OK; concealing them isn’tAug 09, 2013 5:00 am - Steve Quick’s letter (“Preserve the right to defend ourselves,” July 31) is replete with false assumptions. The vast majority of Americans don’t want to “live in a world...
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Congress puts itself in a class aboveAug 09, 2013 5:00 am - I sent the following letter to Sen. Dick Durbin. I don’t expect a reply. Dear Sen. Durbin: Knowing that you were a big supporter of the train wreck that is Obamacare (th...
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Where does it stop on arming ourselves?Aug 09, 2013 5:00 am - Regarding Mr. Gideon’s letter of Aug. 2, wow! Where do I begin? 1. The Founding Fathers didn’t want the entire citizenry to be armed to protect themselves from their el...