Rolling Meadows Opinion
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Drive safe, sober this holiday weekendAug 31, 2011 5:00 am - Tuesday was a good news/bad news day in the fight against drunken driving in Illinois. On the positive side, Secretary of State Jesse White provided statistics showing I...
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Lake Arlington path gets more dangerousAug 29, 2011 5:04 am - The path around Lake Arlington has become a dangerous obstacle course. No longer is it safe for families, young children, babies in strollers or seniors to simply walk a...
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U.S. always had ability to pay its creditorsAug 26, 2011 12:00 am - So Standard & Poor’s has decided to downgrade U.S. creditworthiness from AAA to AA+. This is a downgrade to the borrowings of the most secure, most highly traded, most l...
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Schools should pass balanced budgetsAug 22, 2011 5:00 am - In an era when banks have irresponsibly issued mortgages, state governments are in deficit, and the federal government’s credit rating has been downgraded, I look to loc...
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Why does Arlington Hts. ticket for backing in?Aug 22, 2011 5:00 am - We visited a eating establishment in downtown Arlington Heights and parked in the parking garage. We watched the signs posted on the back walls as we backed in regarding...
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Asks D214 board to make budget publicAug 22, 2011 5:00 am - Jeff Engelhardt’s report on the District 214 board meeting last night (Aug. 4) was excellent, but there were two other very important points for which I am sure he ran o...
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Retired teacher looks back with fondnessAug 22, 2011 5:00 am - As a new school year is about to begin, it brings us all back to our personal memories of school. Being a teacher has always meant so much to me. Through the years I hav...
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Jobs created when middle class spendsAug 14, 2011 4:00 am - The gnashing of teeth over raising the debt ceiling and budget cuts ignores the real problems in our nation. Our nation needs jobs! We need to reform trade policies to e...
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Irritated by early morning ‘courtesy call’ during stormAug 08, 2011 12:00 am - Last Saturday morning, after being awakened by the storm numerous times, I had finally fallen asleep. At 4 a.m. the phone rings. The worst possible scenarios are going t...
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Unpaid child support tells us who Walsh isAug 07, 2011 12:00 am - I just read Mrs. (U.S. Congressman) Joe Walsh’s December 2010 verified petition for $115,000 of unpaid child support. It is 55 pages, with exhibits. It says that Joe sti...