Port Barrington Opinion
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What’s behind tea party movement?Mar 01, 2011 12:00 am - House cuts spending and subdues regulators, hoping to free businesses from burdensome regulations. Why is protecting the environment and people’s health “burdensome?” We...
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Likes hospital near Sun CityFeb 23, 2011 12:00 am - Living in Sun City-Huntley with a population of 9,000-plus senior citizens, time is a huge factor in getting to the closest hospital as quickly as possible. A heliport w...
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Republican input amounts to ‘no way’Feb 23, 2011 12:00 am - Initially, many Democrats wanted government health care, if not like Canada, at least Medicare for all. Republican input, “no way,” so it never reached the floor. The ma...
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The diversity in our neighborhoodsFeb 20, 2011 12:00 am - The numbers tell a dramatic story. In DuPage County, the white population has actually fallen in the past 10 years, a decline of 6 percent, according to the U.S. Census ...
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You can make dent in $14 trillion debtFeb 17, 2011 11:00 pm - When your credit card hits its $2,000 limit, the credit card company generally responds not with a firm letter telling you to stop spending more money than you make, but...
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Innovation and school consolidationFeb 17, 2011 10:00 pm - The suburbs are home to loads of public school systems. Just under 300 of them, all told, located here in the six-county area around Chicago. That represents about a thi...
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Franks is fiscal hawkFeb 17, 2011 10:00 pm - I read the Northwest Herald's Jan. 22 assessment of the “Granny Tax” recently imposed by our tax hungry state legislature and agree that our state needs to explore other...
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Revoke licenses of bad docsFeb 17, 2011 12:00 am - I want to commend State Representative Jack Franks for introducing legislation to protect your constituents and all Illinoisans. Rep. Franks recently filed legislation t...
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We pay for Lou Bianchi’s prosecutionFeb 16, 2011 12:00 am - In June of 2009 Amy Dalby pleaded guilty to unlawfully copying and removing over 5,000 documents off her county computer. The bill for the 18-month investigation and pro...
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Health care now; health care for allFeb 16, 2011 12:00 am - The very small yet significant step we have made toward leveling the health care playing field for all Americans is now under attack. Some of our newly elected officials...