Prospect Heights Opinion
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A positive story about the airlinesAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - We hear so much these days about how bad air travel is - canceled flights, long security waits, rising prices, layoffs. I wanted to show my personal thanks to the emplo...
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CN/EJ&E merger needs long viewAug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Your article ("Fighting Over Trains," July 13) was some of the most balanced and insightful reporting I've seen on the long-simmering fight over the EJ&E. Looking at his...
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Goodbye Ginny, and thank youAug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Virginia B. Macdonald was a dear friend and mentor of mine for many years. After the Goldwater defeat in 1964, Ginny was the glue that held the conservative Republicans ...
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Home Rule still a bad ideaAug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Nothing changes in Prospect Heights even with the opening of the new city hall building. Ignorant, egotistical people dictate and approve policies residents will have t...
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Saturday Soapbox: Cook and Lake countiesAug 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Out-of-the-box thinking It will be interesting to see how Palatine's unorthodox approach to dealing with stormwater pans out. The village has started a pilot program to ...
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Why should blacks appreciate Bush?Aug 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Please tell me I was dreaming. Did syndicated columnist Mona Charen actually pen a column titled "Blacks should praise Bush?" And did my trusted Daily Herald actually r...
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Gas price increase already raises taxesAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - On July 1, the first of the month the Daily Herald headline read "Sales tax goes up today." I was a gas station owner and operator for 35 years, so I know when gasoline...
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Giving back in a winning wayAug 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Giving back in a winning way: When Michael Mendel bought a $100 raffle ticket, he was hoping to win big. But not for himself. The St. Charles business owner had other th...
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Prospect Hts. turns deaf ear to residentsJul 27, 2008 11:00 pm - The city of Prospect Heights seems to do as they please and doesn't care what the average citizen wants. We moved to P.H. over 35 years ago because of its country atmosp...
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Rail is long-term answer to road congestionJul 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Our trustees have spent $10,000 of our money to help Barrington and other poorly informed municipalities fight the Canadian National Railway purchase of the EJ&E Railroa...