Port Barrington Opinion
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College coaches make too muchDec 02, 2011 4:00 am - I am appalled at the salaries that the coaches at universities receive. I am referring to the Fence Post article in the Nov. 20 newspaper. Some make from $2 million and ...
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My family needs Huntley hospitalDec 01, 2011 4:00 am - I am a junior at Huntley High School and I support a new hospital in Huntley. I want the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board to be aware of the communit...
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Sending Christmas message to CongressNov 18, 2011 4:00 am - The economy has forced us all to begin thinking of Christmas, whether we want to or not. With stores decorated with red and green, just after the swimming pools closed, ...
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We need, want, deserve hospitalNov 18, 2011 4:00 am - My grandchildren are the sixth generation of the Ruth family to call Huntley “home.” I have watched our small hometown surrounded by family farms grow into a bustling vi...
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Union push doesn’t represent majorityNov 17, 2011 4:00 am - Never before have I witnessed the strength of the unions as shown by Ohio’s vote on Senate Bill 5 on Nov. 8. The strength was garnered from the massive influx of union m...
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Writer inaccurate on teachers pensionsNov 14, 2011 4:00 am - This letter is a response to Fence Post writer Al Palash. I believe he has need for a math refresher course or for injecting more accurate facts into his formulas. His s...
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Tea party, Occupy have similar messageNov 11, 2011 5:00 am - Peter Lopatin of Sugar Grove: criticism of the Republicans who oppose Mr. Obama misses the point. Democrats want compromise when they are in a minority in either house, ...
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Speak up for priests of conscienceNov 11, 2011 5:00 am - Despite preaching the Gospel of justice, Catholic hierarchy behave as though they are above the law. But recently, Bishop Finn was indicted in St. Louis for failure to r...
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The need to boost financial literacyNov 10, 2011 3:00 am - You may have seen the TV ad: A boy walks home carrying an enormous rocket pop, and Dad asks him where his new bike is. The boy sheepishly raises his treat and says, “I t...
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Seventh-grader’s woes with Sears EDANov 10, 2011 3:00 am - We, the students of District 300, know about the issue with the proposed extension of Sears tax breaks. I want to tell you how my school, Algonquin Middle School, ha...