Schaumburg Opinion
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Mother Earth needs our careJan 26, 2012 5:00 am - Recently reported in the news, the Doomsday Clock has been moved up to five minutes to midnight due to a growing rise in nuclear threats and an inability to deal with cl...
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Live better with $1.92 more?Jan 25, 2012 5:00 am - Gov. Pat Quinn sure pat himself on the back in signing a bill increasing the Earned Income Tax Credit in which the average family will keep about $100 more per year. Tha...
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Schaumburg manager replies to letterJan 22, 2012 11:00 pm - This letter responds to one from Schaumburg resident Antonella Iacoviello, published Jan. 9. Regarding your concerns about rising property taxes, Schaumburg#146;s...
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Wants to continue using EGV libraryJan 22, 2012 11:00 pm - My wife and I are lifelong residents of Elk Grove Village. We both attended Stevenson Elementary, Mead Jr. High and Conant High School, residing with our respective pare...
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Executive orders threaten libertiesJan 21, 2012 4:00 am - Congress recently passed a new defense authorizing bill, and one of the unique extra items that was sneaked into it was a provision that virtually destroys our Constitut...
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ID’s for voting not hard to obtainJan 21, 2012 4:00 am - Should a photo ID be required to deter voter fraud? I say yes. In the Jan. 12 op-ed column by Esther Cepeda, Heather Smith (of Rock the Vote) states “there is still a sp...
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Recess appointment must be reversedJan 21, 2012 4:00 am - American citizens take notice. Our president, acting as a sole dictator, made an appointment that was arranged at government recesses to intentionally maneuver around ou...
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Man’s loss of his home is a shameJan 20, 2012 4:00 am - Certainly, there are times in our lives when we take steps backward instead of forward due to personal crises and circumstances that occur that could sway us on the dark...
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Republicans need a moral recheckJan 18, 2012 11:00 pm - I have often said that the Republican candidates and party dogma had no standards. I was wrong. I carefully listen to the actual debates and pronouncements of party spok...
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Think twice before banning boxesJan 18, 2012 11:00 pm - Collection boxes for the poor have been around for decades. Man-sized receptacles for old shoes and coats and books mostly, a place to drop off what you no longer need a...