Schaumburg Opinion
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Disappointed with Morrison’s silenceMay 06, 2013 5:00 am - Last fall, I voted to re-elect state Rep. Tom Morrison (R-District 54) based on the Daily Herald’s endorsement and a positive experience I had contacting him in 2011. I ...
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The SoapboxMay 04, 2013 5:00 am - Preckwinkle warms to our suburbs: On Tuesday, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle attended a luncheon in Palatine to speak to Northwest suburban business leader...
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Editorial: A wide and deep gulf in the pension debateApr 28, 2013 5:00 am - There are a few ways to look at the interaction during The Pension Forum we sponsored with Reboot Illinois Thursday night at Harper College in Palatine. We were pleased,...
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Guns needed to protect others, tooApr 27, 2013 5:00 am - A girl screaming help woke me up. The screams were coming from the passageway between our house and the neighbor’s. Living on Chicago’s West Side it may as well have bee...
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Government should not redefine marriageApr 25, 2013 5:00 am - The debate over marriage is centered on the misconception that government defines marriage. It does not. Marriage is defined by sexual complementarity, which predates an...
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Full disclosure missing from guest writerApr 22, 2013 5:00 am - Once again the Herald has a guest editorial written by someone whose affiliations and thereby motivations are only partly disclosed. Pat Hughes lists the Illinois Opport...
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Speak up to retain class size limitsApr 22, 2013 5:00 am - The Illinois State Board of Education has recently proposed to eliminate part of Rule 226.730, which limits the class size for students with disabilities. Under this new...
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Didn’t vote? Don’t complainApr 19, 2013 5:00 am - I am an election judge. During the 13 hours the polls were open last Tuesday, 40 of the 686 registered voters in my precinct walked through the doors and voted. Adding t...
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Editorial: After 7 years, some schools still aren’t learning on pension penaltiesApr 18, 2013 10:09 am - Any teacher knows students need to be exposed to a concept more than once before they really get it. But it’s hard not to be impatient with how many times some suburban ...
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Advance the fight for fair payApr 18, 2013 5:00 am - The American Association of University Women marked Equal Pay Day on April 9 by urging Congress and President Barack Obama to take action on pay equity. AAUW research sh...