Schaumburg Opinion
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Thanks for effort on property taxesApr 16, 2015 1:00 am - Hats off to Cook County Commissioner Tim Schneider and a few of his colleagues for proposing that Cook County not raise property taxes. I already pay WAY too much for a...
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Is expediency key to religious freedom?Apr 15, 2015 1:00 am - Recently there have been letters bemoaning the "fact" religious freedoms are being destroyed because a pizza joint was attacked for refusing to deliver pizzas to a gay w...
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Many reasons for low voter turnoutApr 14, 2015 1:00 am - The Our View editorial of April 9 centered on a few items which resonated with me. some for good reasons, others for bad reasons. First the issue of low turnout. The av...
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Believers cannot force their faith on othersApr 10, 2015 1:00 am - A letter to the editor in the April 5 edition of the Daily Herald titled "We are ignoring our religious rights" misses an important point. Businesses are commercial ente...
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An idea for saving 'the black box'Apr 08, 2015 1:00 am - The flight recorder known as "the black box" at times is hard to recover after a plane crashes, especially when in the ocean or the latest crash into the Alps. Why don't...
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Saturday Soapbox: COD, turn lanes, Rosemont cop shootingApr 04, 2015 1:00 am - The mood at COD: There is plenty of criticism of the College of DuPage board that is justifiable, as we have noted, but when does the constant barrage from the far ...
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Keep partisan politics out of local electionsApr 03, 2015 1:00 am - Don't be fooled by the scare tactics used by George Dunham, Tom Dailly, and Mark Madej, incumbent candidates for Schaumburg village trustees. Under the guise of Frien...
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'Old' trustees still full of new ideas for SchaumburgApr 02, 2015 5:00 am - On April 7th, Schaumburg residents are being given the chance to change the composition of the village's board of trustees. One challenger has come forward to assert tha...
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Morrison's choices for districts 15, 211Apr 02, 2015 5:00 am - For most suburban families, property taxes consume a greater percentage of the family budget than any other single tax. Two-thirds (or more) of property taxes are used t...
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Residents: Don't vote against your self-interestApr 02, 2015 5:00 am - A quick survey of the school board election signs in Palatine and the surrounding area indicates that many of my neighbors are either school district employees or they d...