Park Ridge Opinion
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Let's get to work on road, other projectsFeb 12, 2011 10:00 pm - In his State of the Union address, President Obama called on Congress to “redouble our efforts” to repair, modernize and expand the nation's infrastructure through new p...
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Schaumburg snow removal plan let us downFeb 12, 2011 10:00 pm - Schaumburg's snow removal plan was a disappointment. On Wednesday, I was very ill and needed to see a doctor, but plows hadn't entered our neighborhood and the village k...
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Tackle debt with spending reformsFeb 12, 2011 10:00 pm - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is asking Congress to increase the allowable federal debt ceiling for the fourth time in the last two years. Congress should say no —...
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Arlington Hts. could use a dog parkFeb 12, 2011 10:00 pm - Last year the village of Arlington Heights collected almost $67,000 for dog licenses. That indicates there are about 5,500 legally registered dogs currently living in th...
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Farm animals need winter refuge, tooFeb 12, 2011 10:00 pm - Farmers generally aren't the sort of folks who seek out the limelight or invite media attention. But in the wake of the blizzard, I think it's important that people unde...
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Palatine Twp. residents worked together during stormFeb 12, 2011 10:00 pm - On Feb 1st and 2nd (Tuesday and Wednesday) our area was hit by the third largest snowstorm on record receiving over 20 inches of snow with 50 mile per hour winds. The re...
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Tea party should focus on stuff that really mattersFeb 12, 2011 10:00 pm - In Tuesday's paper there was an article by Kimberly Pohl regarding the purchase of clothing for the newly elected officials in Palatine. Apparently Craig Mijares, a Pala...
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Keep snow off of disabled parking spots in SchaumburgFeb 12, 2011 10:00 pm - It seems we forget about our disabled friends when it come to snow removal. People who plow parking lots push the snow into piles in the lots and it seems that the disab...
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Watching storm from his Schaumburg windowFeb 12, 2011 10:00 pm - It is Feb. 2 at 2 a.m., and like hundreds of thousands of people in Cook County I am looking at the weather out the window. My health isn't what it used to be and I drea...
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Walsh out of touch with his districtFeb 11, 2011 11:00 pm - Walsh out of touch with his district No one who voted for Joe Walsh did so to allow him to waste time and tax dollars trying to redefine rape. His socially moderate...