Schaumburg Opinion
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Schaumburg has more bridge taxes than bridges to spend it onFeb 26, 2011 10:00 pm - Recently I was reviewing my property tax bill to make sure I was getting my exemptions when I looked over the taxing fees and noticed my share toward Road & Bridge Maint...
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More life-affirming alternatives neededFeb 22, 2011 11:00 pm - Peggy Simonsen takes exception to Rep. Joe Walsh's position on social issues in her Fence Post letter printed in the Feb. 13 edition of the Daily Herald. While she is en...
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Hope from invigorated neighborhoodsFeb 22, 2011 12:00 am - The images are all too familiar in troubled times. Empty storefronts dominate the strip malls that were once symbols, if somewhat crassly so, of suburban economic vitali...
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Striking a balance in WisconsinFeb 21, 2011 12:00 am - Throngs gather around the center of government. Electrified with emotion. Chanting slogans. Demanding change. Refusing to leave. A scene from Cairo or Tunisia or Tripoli...
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Schaumburg: Think big, think very bigFeb 19, 2011 10:00 pm - Build it, they will come. Schaumburg could use a domed ballpark, an Astro Dome. We could lease it out on rain days to the Cubs or Sox, have concerts. Let's do something ...
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Health care law is about choicesFeb 17, 2011 11:00 pm - Health care law is about choices Enough! The theatrics on display by Republican representatives and senators ignore the value of the Affordable Care Act. The presid...
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Questions U-46 snow policyFeb 17, 2011 12:00 am - I don’t understand what the administration running School District U-46 was thinking. The City of Elgin sends out a phone blast to tell everyone to stay off the roads be...
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Change the state’s retirement planFeb 16, 2011 11:00 pm - If we want to understand the cost for government and public education, we must move every legislator, state employee, teacher, firefighter and police officer to a define...
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Schaumburg library already uses volunteersFeb 12, 2011 10:00 pm - The front page of the Feb. 5 Daily Herald contains a proposal by Mr. Hetzer to replace part-time Schaumburg Library staff with volunteers. Hetzer says surrounding taxin...
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Schaumburg snow removal plan let us downFeb 12, 2011 10:00 pm - Schaumburg's snow removal plan was a disappointment. On Wednesday, I was very ill and needed to see a doctor, but plows hadn't entered our neighborhood and the village k...