Rolling Meadows Opinion
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Debates can't ignore the important issuesNov 25, 2015 12:00 am - In response to Mr. Sears' preference of questions to presidential candidates I would rather have questions related to the issues that voters care about than the nonsense...
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Dist. 211 needs to do what's right for most studentsNov 18, 2015 5:18 am - It was many years, but I remember it well. I was taking a Red Cross course in advanced first aid and at the previous session we had been given a test on triage. At that ...
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Teachers, education at crossroadsNov 09, 2015 4:42 am - I was an Illinois teacher from the late '70s to 2000. We did truly teach during the glory days. We had good facilities, we were paid well, and I feel our work was apprec...
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Don't expect us to change cultureNov 06, 2015 12:00 am - In response to Anisha Ismall Patel's "School holidays: The case for all or none": In the Constitution, Federalist Papers and the Declaration of Independence you will fin...
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Vigorously prosecute drivers using cell phonesOct 30, 2015 12:00 am - This is addressed to all police patrol officers: Please enforce the law against driving while talking and texting on hand-held cellphones. The police officers I talked t...
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Clinton shows lack of competence, characterOct 28, 2015 1:00 am - The Benghazi hearings succeeded in proving that Hillary is incompetent and totally lacking in character and integrity. Ambassador Stevens and others stationed in Bengha...
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Oil-export law would cost jobs, not create themOct 23, 2015 1:00 am - Honesty should be its own reward. The same with dishonesty. On Friday, Oc. 9, Congress passed a bill to lift the 40-year-old ban on exporting crude oil. By their vote, 2...
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Our view: Police step out in front of heroin scourgeOct 20, 2015 1:00 am - By going public with their decision to help heroin addicts kick the drug rather than arrest them, Rolling Meadows police are putting themselves out there. We'd like to b...
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Arming teachers is not the answerOct 19, 2015 1:00 am - Mr. Dan Filipek, in a recent Fence Post, spoke of the merit of arming teachers to possibly prevent future events similar to the murders that happened on a Oregon campus ...
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State's overreach on COD hurts community collegesOct 16, 2015 1:00 am - Forty years ago, I received an exceptional education at Harper College. Harper's small classes and dedicated, enthusiastic professors sparked my passion to learn and gav...