Schaumburg Opinion
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Stop the additions to spending billsDec 02, 2010 10:00 pm - A simple rule change would make spending easier to control since everything would be out in the open. That rule: Riders are no longer allowed on any bill passed at any l...
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Homeowners rely on federal incentivesDec 01, 2010 10:00 pm - There's chatter about eliminating the deductibility of mortgage interest for homeowners. This is a misguided idea. Here's why: Homeowners already pay the bulk of federal...
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Top 2 percent don't deserve tax cutsNov 29, 2010 10:00 pm - The argument for extending the Bush tax cuts for the upper 2 percent is that this small segment of Americans are the most creative, adventurous job-creating engines that...
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Finally a politician who gets pension messNov 27, 2010 10:00 pm - What a refreshing article, “New Leader Forgoes Pension.” I had to check the calendar and make sure I was living in 2010 Illinois, where the history of corruption, greed ...
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A day to remember the whole story of life in the suburbsNov 23, 2010 10:00 pm - “You know what the news is,” to recall the late great Paul Harvey. “Now, you'll hear (pause) the rest of the story.” Actually, these chapters from the story of the subur...
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Smoker goes outside Illinois to gambleNov 23, 2010 10:00 pm - With reference to a Nov. 14 Associated Press article published titled “Casinos blame smoking ban for drop on revenue,” I felt compelled to put my 2 cents in. There's no...
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Palatine's Morrison: Won't add to state's budget problemsNov 20, 2010 10:00 pm - As the newly elected state representative in District 54, I filed paperwork today that officially removes my family and me from participation in the Illinois General Ass...
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Pleased Streamwood restaurant treated veteransNov 20, 2010 10:00 pm - My daughter Carol took me out for lunch to Applebee's on Monday, which was Veterans Day. We went to the one on Barrington Road in Streamwood. It was very crowded and the...
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How to improve our property tax systemNov 18, 2010 10:00 pm - We, like so many others here in Schaumburg, received our 2009 real estate tax bill last week and were shocked by the 16 percent increase over last year's bill and the wh...
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Art, language before pre-K, college prepNov 18, 2010 10:00 pm - District 300 paid out $34,579 to various schools so teachers can advance their degrees. They will reap the benefits for years to come by making more money and getting a...