Wheeling Opinion
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Wheeling paying homage to its backbone - the neighborhoodsJan 11, 2016 10:00 pm - Critics of the suburbs, usually people who don't live here, often bemoan the "sameness." You can't tell what town you are in, they complain, because there is no sense of...
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Tell more about how to fight outrageous rulesJan 11, 2016 12:00 am - Why didn't Marni Pyke or the Herald run the full story on this license plate renewal debacle? You missed more than half of the story. If you just take the figures in...
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Tell Dist. 214 to stop levy hikesDec 06, 2015 12:00 am - The District 214 school board is voting on its final approval for a tax levy increase of 1.8 percent at the Dec. 10 meeting. When is this going to stop? The taxpayers a...
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Editorial: Restart talks over crossing guards in Dist. 21Nov 29, 2015 10:00 pm - After months of deliberations, it comes to this. When they get back from winter break, kids who live on the Cook County side of Buffalo Grove and who walk to their eleme...
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Tax increases are wrong for Cook CountyNov 24, 2015 12:00 am - Last Wednesday, the Cook County Board passed its 2016 budget, which is balanced by over half a billion dollars in new taxes. I voted NO. Next year, you will pay more to ...
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Township fun fair another big successNov 09, 2015 4:00 am - Wheeling Township's annual Halloween Fun Fair Make A Difference Day held on Saturday, Oct. 24 at Riley School in Arlington Heights was a fun-filled day for children with...
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Dist. 21 abandoning its responsibilityNov 09, 2015 4:00 am - I am writing to you as the parent of a child who attends a District 21 school, who is concerned about the school board vote against paying the Village of Buffalo Grove f...
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Benghazi testimony shows Clinton not fitNov 06, 2015 12:00 am - I have followed the Benghazi Commitee and the interview with Hillary Clinton. She seemed bored or obnoxious rather than answering questions put to her. I would like to ...
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Citizens held hostage by gangster politicsOct 27, 2015 1:00 am - Illinois' governor and legislature have decided to continue the political one-upmanship by playing their gangster-like hostage holding of the budget. Our venture capit...
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Keep hatred out of sports rivalriesOct 11, 2015 1:00 am - There is no humor in hatred. Your inclusion of the article about the Cubs and Cardinals by Burt Constable represents a new low in your publications. Humor should not...