Cook County
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Take aim at wasteful government spendingMay 30, 2012 5:00 am - The constant bickering between our two parties regarding austerity and increasing taxes is unproductive and basically partisan. Not once have I heard anyone from either ...
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Letter shouldn’t have been editedMay 30, 2012 5:00 am - In the May 18 Fence Post, a letter was edited by the Daily Herald in its online edition because of a phrase used by the Fence Post contributor that was extremely offensi...
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We need more respectful dialogueMay 30, 2012 5:00 am - I feel the need to respond to Tony Novak’s May 18 Fence Post letter regarding the Federal Reserve. I am by no means an expert on the economy, and I don’t fully understan...
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Some advice for future protestersMay 30, 2012 5:00 am - After viewing the craziness with the protesters I’m wondering if we shouldn’t provide a public service announcement, something like: “Dear Citizens, If you find that you...
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Cut salaries for public employeesMay 30, 2012 5:00 am - President Obama is out to raise taxes. The state of Illinois is raising taxes. Soon, it appears, our local taxing bodies will want to raise taxes to pay for all the unfu...
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Dawn Patrol: VFW hall on fire; pension shift to schools stallsMay 30, 2012 5:00 am - VFW gun range fire injures 10 in Villa Park Ten people were injured, two seriously, in a fire that broke out in the basement gun range of a Villa Park VFW Post as a...
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Church whistle-blower should be a heroMay 30, 2012 4:40 am - For months now, reports of money laundering, bribes and corruption in the Vatican, the not-so-holy state, have been reliably, but anonymously reported in reliable newspa...
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Cut weeds, Elgin, make roads saferMay 30, 2012 4:40 am - Over the years, Elgin’s public works department has been one of my favorite operations. I’ve always known this department’s employees to be honest, caring and going abov...
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District 220 board solicits advice from former membersMay 30, 2012 12:10 am - Elected boards normally acquire no more institutional memory than voters and term limits — whether legislated or self-imposed — allow them. But Barrington Unit District ...
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Wheeling approves clock tower projectMay 30, 2012 12:00 am - Wheeling officials decided Tuesday that the corner of Milwaukee Avenue and Dundee Road in front of the new Fresh Farms development will be getting a makeover later this ...