Palatine Opinion
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Nativity display does not discriminateDec 14, 2012 4:00 am - Quick response to Mr. Guagenti’s shot at Mr. Finnegan’s complaint to the village for not displaying the Nativity. He seems to imply the nativity is an affront to homosex...
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Obama budget is specific, sensibleDec 13, 2012 4:00 am - Thank you for your analysis of the differences between President Obama’s budget proposal and the Republicans’ proposal (“What the sides are proposing,” Dec. 5). To avoid...
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Editorial: Key lesson of scandals: Hazing is never acceptableDec 12, 2012 8:45 am - As a brief history of hazing examples published in Monday’s Daily Herald shows, incidents of hazing like those at Maine West and Hoffman Estates high schools are neither...
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Public sector should help fix problemsDec 12, 2012 4:00 am - “Boehner’s offer doesn’t add up. The math does not work.” This is what President Obama says of the Republicans’ latest offer to avert going over the fiscal cliff. What d...
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Time to rethink parking at ECCDec 11, 2012 4:00 am - The parking lot at Elgin Community College needs to be improved. Students speed through it recklessly, traffic gets backed up because there are only a few exits, and stu...
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So many offices, candidates, so little timeDec 09, 2012 4:00 am - I've long held that the suburbs need a benevolent dictator or perhaps an elected king. I say that in jest, of course, but it's no laughing matter how many units of gover...
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Village to blame for failure of parks refDec 07, 2012 4:00 am - I really wanted to vote for the parks referendum, and I’m sure many of my neighbors did, too. I know the parks need new and improved facilities, and so do you, but here’...
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Autism society grants are availableDec 07, 2012 4:00 am - To all parents with special needs young adults and especially adults with autism, Harper College in Palatine, through their Continuing Education department, will be offe...
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Dist. 211 taxpayers already hit their maxDec 07, 2012 4:00 am - Dave Torres of District 211 explained in a recent Daily Herald (Oct. 19) article that the district is planning to increase the tax levy by 3.5 percent, which is the maxi...
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Mayor misses the point behind displayDec 07, 2012 4:00 am - I read in the Nov. 27 Daily Herald that Arlington Heights Village President Arlene Mulder said, “The intent has always been to be inclusive. The display (at North School...