Wheeling Opinion
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Values, not home, drove push for minimum wage hikeMay 26, 2017 1:00 am - I appreciate the kind words regarding my stewardship of Cook County that begin a recent Daily Herald editorial. Since taking office in December 2010, my administration h...
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Editorial: How Preckwinkle lost suburbs on minimum wageMay 18, 2017 1:00 am - As we've noted in this space plenty of times before, there is much that impresses us about Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle. She has introduced discipline in...
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Wheeling should rethink street honorMay 15, 2017 5:00 am - Village of Wheeling ... let me get this right. We're naming an honorary street after someone who misused our money, used our vehicle and couldn't pay his water bill on t...
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Suburbs should not opt out of employee protectionsApr 28, 2017 1:00 am - By Toni Preckwinkle Guest columnist Economic development has been a priority for my administration since I took office in 2010. Recently, the Wall Street Journal recogn...
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Trump already has exceeded expectationsApr 14, 2017 1:00 am - As I watched Neil Gorsuch get sworn in as our newest Supreme Court justice, I realized that my personal mission in the 2016 presidential election was already accomplishe...
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High cost for greatnessApr 12, 2017 1:00 am - "They" say that each of those Tomahawk missiles lobbed into Syria this week cost American Taxpayers $1 million. With 59 missiles being fired, I was wondering how that $5...
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District 214 board a rubber-stamp for superintendentMar 31, 2017 5:00 am - District 214 board just a rubber-stamp I want to thank the Daily Herald for their recent story about the candidates for the District 214 school board which served t...
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Keep Argiris at the helm in WheelingMar 30, 2017 5:00 am - We wholeheartedly endorse Dean Argiris for re-election as our Wheeling village president. Both he and our current village board have been a powerful force over the last ...
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Former Wheeling president endorses HorcherMar 30, 2017 5:00 am - On April 4th, Wheeling residents will have the opportunity to cast a vote for the candidate for Village President. Of the three candidates on the ballot, I believe that ...
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Fiscal issues should be factor in endorsementsMar 30, 2017 5:00 am - I've been following the Daily Herald's local endorsements and I'm extremely disappointed by the apparent lack of concern about finances and spending. A perfect example i...