Port Barrington Opinion
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Argument for pot legalization nutsNov 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Froma Harrop's column recent Sunday column made me laugh. Never heard anyone make the case that we need to legalize marijuana to save our parks. It's an environmental cr...
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Learn from experience in H1N1 battleOct 31, 2009 11:00 pm - In Lake County, lines stretched for blocks, people stood in the rain for four hours and many seeking the H1N1 vaccine ultimately were turned away. To the south, in DuPag...
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Red-light camera soured man on FRGOct 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Dear Fox River Grove police chief: My wife and I have been residents of Lake Barrington for nearly 20 years. When we first moved here we quickly learned of Fox River Gro...
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RTA/Metra need defibrillatorsOct 28, 2009 11:00 pm - On Oct. 8, I was a passenger on Union Pacific Northwest Line Train 610 - a train I take weekday mornings from Woodstock to Chicago. After leaving Barrington, I heard an ...
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Meditations on Obama's NobelOct 27, 2009 11:00 pm - "However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?" - Buddha "As I grow older I pay less attention to ...
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Nothing fair about FAIROct 26, 2009 11:00 pm - I would like to comment on Burt Constable's article of Saturday, Oct. 17, in which he gave credence to the organization FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting) fair.co...
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Health plan would help twentysomethingsOct 23, 2009 11:00 pm - I am 24 and I don't have health insurance. I live in the United States of America, have a college education, a 9 to 5 job and no health insurance. My entire family has h...
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In plea for civility writer calls namesOct 23, 2009 11:00 pm - An amusing letter was printed in Fence Post Oct. 13 titled "Stop name-calling, listen to each other." The writer said she "seriously doubted that civil discourse will ev...
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So much for solar, Sun City folksOct 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Sun City people, excited about Jean Murphy's article on the cost savings of home solar systems, forget it. Forget about the interviewed homeowner who was looking forward...
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Special needs people in peril in emergencyOct 16, 2009 11:00 pm - When, not if, we have a regional emergency, the special needs residents of McHenry County will be at risk. Such an emergency may be as simple as mass power outages after...