Sleepy Hollow Opinion
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Forgiving student debt causes new woesAug 30, 2015 12:00 am - Obamacare has failed on another front. To offset the costs of implementing Obamacare the feds took over the student loan industry in 2010. In essence the feds took profi...
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Rethink support of Longmeadow plan?Aug 20, 2015 12:00 am - To the village officials of West Dundee: Hear that whooshing noise? That's the sound of more of your retail businesses (read "tax revenues") fleeing from your village to...
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Editorial; Building a solid foundation of STEM proficiency, interestAug 09, 2015 11:00 pm - That Sherry Douglas, profiled Monday in the Daily Herald's Top Teachers series, is a great classroom instructor, there seems little doubt, and the consensus from her col...
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Couldn't be more apart on 30-year toll bridge planAug 02, 2015 1:00 am - Two things illustrate the incredible disconnect between foes and supporters of the Longmeadow Parkway. 1. The scope of the project. An opposition flyer shows massive tru...
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Toll bridge myopia untreatable?Jul 24, 2015 12:00 am - Myopia covers many conditions. Visual myopia can be treated clinically. Political myopia, a very common affliction, is more difficult to treat as its causes such as self...
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To what extent do you cherish privacy?Jul 21, 2015 12:00 am - For over a year there has been a lot of brouhaha about our government spying on us via phone calls. Congress put the kibosh on that last month passing the USA Freedom Ac...
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Soapbox: Buffalo Grove, Long Grove agree; monks sue Benedictine; Mundelein councilman's apology and moreJun 27, 2015 1:00 am - Better service, less cost: Kudos to Buffalo Grove and Long Grove for cutting a deal for the former to do property maintenance inspections for the latter. Long Grove...
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Editorial: Drug court - A tool that's workingJun 16, 2015 11:00 pm - If there is one thing that our intensive reporting on the scourge of heroin in the suburbs has taught us over the past two decades, it's that heroin can ruin the lives o...
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Editorial: The Cook County sheriff's deputies' Super Bowl abuse of sick timeJun 09, 2015 11:00 pm - Few of us begrudge the extra costs - even the sometimes substantial extra costs - that accompany a professional sports championship. The planning. The ticker tape parade...
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Editorial: New tools are available on government spending; use themMay 31, 2015 11:00 pm - Analyzing Kane County government spending became easier Monday with the launch of a new web portal that officials say provides "unprecedented access to Kane County's fin...