Sleepy Hollow Opinion
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Illinois taxes too much for too littleSep 09, 2011 5:00 am - I totally agree with Julie Belonger from the Sept. 4 opinion page about how we don’t want our taxes to go to a dog park. That’s an understatement. Recently, I asked a co...
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CFL bulbs not what cracked up to beSep 07, 2011 11:00 pm - I read Sandra Kaptain’s letter in support of going green, which is fine, but I think we should consider where we go green. There is more to say about the CFL light bulbs...
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Don’t blame tea party for this messSep 07, 2011 11:00 pm - In rebuttal to Chrisi Vineyard’s Aug. 21 letter, she presents all the Democrat “War Room” talking points as if sent by the Democratic Central Committee, the exact twiste...
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Job 1: reduce federal spendingSep 07, 2011 4:00 am - Whatever we do, we simply must walk the walk in reducing federal spending. Making this program a reality is so clearly the primary issue that I can’t think of a more dir...
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Alternatives needed to tea party puppetsSep 07, 2011 4:00 am - The tea party understands what every gangbanger does — be rude to, over yell and over talk, those you want to intimidate. They know if you ignore the rules of order, dec...
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Don’t want taxes going to the dogsSep 06, 2011 5:00 am - I am writing in regard to the proposed dog park that will be shared by Elgin and Hoffman Estates. I see that this will initially cost both towns a shared amount of $80,0...
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This is not real all-day kindergartenSep 06, 2011 5:00 am - We received a letter from J.B. Nelson School in Batavia on June 1 informing us in which session of kindergarten our children have been placed. On the bottom of that lett...
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Make tollway part of IDOTSep 06, 2011 1:00 am - The recent decision by the toll authority board to practically double the tolls displayed the undemocratic procedure for making rate hikes. The tollway board proposed th...
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Buck up, kids; we had it worseSep 03, 2011 5:00 am - Really? Really? I have read several comments about how U-46 is routing buses this year for schools. Some parents are complaining about how their child has to walk up to ...
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Raise taxes on million-buck salariesSep 03, 2011 5:00 am - In 1970, 41 years ago, the top CEO “total compensation” was 20 times the average salary paid to their employees. Today the average executive “total compensation” is more...