Rolling Meadows Opinion
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Government wrong to want more taxesDec 20, 2009 10:00 pm - I just got an e-mail that Palatine Township is levying more taxes. I am amazed at the pace all cities, villages, townships, counties, state and federal governments are i...
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District 211 not being responsibleDec 20, 2009 10:00 pm - The prior year's levy was $193.6 million. The next year's levy is $194.8 million. That is an increase of $1.2 million. Sorry for being blunt, but that's simply not a red...
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Seals was right on bailoutsDec 18, 2009 10:00 pm - In an October 2008, editorial, in which the Daily Herald chose not to endorse Dan Seals for Congress in the 10th district, you faulted him for saying he would have voted...
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E-mails are sure to tell a storyDec 18, 2009 10:00 pm - The Bush administration, on exit from their offices said, "No e-mails were missing." Now, are you foolish enough to believe all of the other panderings the last eight ye...
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Maybe speech isn't quite free anymoreDec 11, 2009 10:00 pm - George Orwell nailed it 61 years ago when he published "1984." Big Brother's Thought Police in his nightmarish Oceania are alive, well, and gaining power. Incredibly, a ...
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Cameras nothing more than cash cowsDec 06, 2009 10:00 pm - In the Nov. 16, 2009 letter from Jeffrey Laing, he questions the need for a red-light camera at the westbound lanes of Kirchhoff Road at Plum Grove Road in Rolling Meado...
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Why didn't Dist. 214 step in to mediate?Dec 06, 2009 10:00 pm - I have a couple of children who participate on athletic teams at Buffalo Grove High School. At the beginning of each sports season we as parents and our children as part...
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Is Dist. 211 operating in a financial vacuum?Dec 06, 2009 10:00 pm - I just looked at the second installment of my 2008 Tax Bill. What is going on over there? Are they aware that the unemployment rate in Illinois is about 15-20% when peop...
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GOP must condemn this kind of prayerDec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Where is the real Republican leadership? The anti-Obama right wing conservatives are at it again. This time they are slapping bumper stickers on their cars and wearing ...
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The competitive world that awaits usNov 28, 2009 10:00 pm - You don't need to be an economist or sociologist to understand that the world, and our piece of it, has changed. The evidence is all around us. We have gone from an old ...