Rolling Meadows Opinion
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Editorial: Review, choose conference costs wiselyMay 15, 2012 5:00 am - In March, Arlington Heights voters rejected a plan from the Arlington Heights Park District to borrow $48 million to renovate four of its main parks. In our endorsement ...
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Post office loss just business, apparentlyMay 14, 2012 11:26 am - So Rolling Meadows is losing our post office. What could the building owner possibly put in that space that would be of more service to the community? Oh, I forgot. Serv...
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Wars funded; what about post offices?May 11, 2012 1:59 pm - Due to the privatization craze to which both major political parties have succumbed, the U.S. post office in Rolling Meadows will be closing on May 25. But rest easy kno...
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Where do our tax dollars really go?May 11, 2012 1:59 pm - Invest in America! Well, I do. I pay my taxes. A government official will use the catch phrase “It’s only a few dollars” when asking for a tax increase. Well, only a fe...
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An objective test for news biasMay 09, 2012 5:00 am - The Daily Herald’s Opinion page editor, Jim Slusher, recently wrote a column defending his paper against readers’ accusations of media bias. Like others, I feel that his...
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Failing at what they should do bestMay 05, 2012 5:00 am - First we learn that the Secret Service hired prostitutes and next we hear they used strippers. It would seem the Secret Service can’t keep a secret. Don Klemp Rolling M...
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Politics creeping into comic stripMay 05, 2012 5:00 am - Politics creeping into comic strip There has been a touch of politics in a few comic strips for years to a certain degree. Most notable is Doonesbury. But most stay...
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Penalties indicate mismanagementApr 23, 2012 5:00 am - Did anyone else see the front page of the Daily Herald on April 12th? If you did and you are a taxpayer, you should be fuming. Here is a big reason why we pay outlandish...
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City leaders blinded by federal dollarsApr 23, 2012 5:00 am - So little road, so much controversy! Residents attending a Meacham Road expansion “public information” meeting April 12 were angered as much by the fiscal irresponsibili...
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Spectrum closing was fiscally responsible actApr 23, 2012 5:00 am - The Schaumburg Township Board voted to discontinue counseling services to youth at risk via in-house staff and contract instead with the Kenneth Young Centers. We felt t...