Rolling Meadows Opinion
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Don’t blow Walmart deal, aldermenJan 30, 2014 4:00 am - What sense of self-importance led the aldermen and mayor of Rolling Meadows to harpoon the Walmart plan? Any traffic issues real or imagined can be ironed out after the...
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Labels do nothing toward peaceful communitiesJan 20, 2014 4:00 am - I read David E. Smith’s letter of Jan. 13. There was nothing unusual about it. He continues to blame the media for promoting a false narrative. He still promotes himself...
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The SoapboxJan 18, 2014 4:00 am - Missed opportunity: Lori Price, Indian Prairie Unit District 204 board president, says the number of applicants for the superintendent’s post being vacated by Kathy Birk...
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Editorial: An election system set up to help incumbentsJan 13, 2014 6:59 am - U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider of Deerfield got a pass in the Democratic primary in the 10th Congressional District Thursday when Arlene Hickory of Lake Bluff got knocked off ...
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Meacham Road vote should favor us, not themJan 13, 2014 4:00 am - Rolling Meadows aldermen have a fundamental decision to make. Will they be accountable to their constituents, or please neighboring Schaumburg and passing motorists on M...
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Be a good neighbor to walkers, runnersJan 13, 2014 4:00 am - If you own or rent a house and have a sidewalk in front of your property, do you or your hired help clear after it snows? If not, after you or someone else shovels or cl...
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Madigan a prime example of ‘political class’Jan 13, 2014 4:00 am - As a Marxist, I am often confronted by people who claim that “from each according to his ability to each according to his need” is a prescription for societal sloth and ...
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Cartoon showed unfair view of NRAJan 06, 2014 4:00 am - The Dec. 19 political cartoon in which the NRA was depicted as uncaring, bloodthirsty gun owners was despicable. Publishing such rubbish makes a powerful statement about...
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Look at who is pushing most against pensionsJan 06, 2014 4:00 am - Reader Pat Fuller (Dec. 9) tells us that ripping off teachers’ pensions is a good deal because teachers don’t deserve their pensions in the first place. Why? Because the...
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Wealthy continue to ignore the poorJan 05, 2014 4:00 am - I don’t care if some “welfare” recipients don’t want to work. Those who really anger me are the hedge fund execs who buy out profitable corporations and raid the pension...