Opinion Stories from June 10, 2012 (Change date)
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Three tax payments in one year’s time?Jun 10, 2012 5:00 am - Within a year I will now be paying property taxes three times: Nov. 1, Mar. 1 and now Aug. 1. How does Cook County expect people that are already living paycheck to payc...
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What Wisconsin means to unionsJun 10, 2012 5:00 am - Tuesday, June 5, 2012, will be remembered as the beginning of the long decline of the public-sector union. It will follow, and parallel, the shrinking of private-sector ...
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Bear the burden of our own retirementsJun 10, 2012 5:00 am - Municipal, county, state, federal — the story is the same. Pensions are underfunded and government officials don’t know what to do about it. We know how we got here. At ...
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Editorial: The free lunch, Mr. Speaker, is in SpringfieldJun 10, 2012 5:00 am - Explaining the snag in efforts to reach an accord on public employee pension reform, House Speaker Michael Madigan drew the clearest line in the sand yet last week when ...
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Zero-sum means everybody losesJun 10, 2012 5:00 am - For all the hype about the Wisconsin recall election echoing across America, dear reader, you wouldn’t know it ended with a whimper, not a bang. The pollsters were sayin...
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Criticism of Obama doesn’t mean racismJun 10, 2012 5:00 am - Who are the true racists? When will racism really become a thing of the past? When many can finally come down from this self-righteous pedestal they’ve placed themselves...
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Helpful info on recycling, plantingsJun 10, 2012 4:50 am - Thanks for an unusually helpful couple of essays in the HomesSaturday section on June 2. Bev Bennett’s informative advice on recycling household goods instead of adding ...
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Zoning board ruling on COD was wiseJun 10, 2012 4:50 am - On May 10, 260 unhappy homeowners/taxpayers stated their opposition to College of DuPage’s expansion plans. Too many large (3 stories high) structures that are within 10...
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Gov. Walker hardly divisive, misguidedJun 10, 2012 4:40 am - For the most part, I find your “Our View” editorials thoughtful and informative, which is one of the reasons I subscribe to the Herald. However, I was a bit taken aback ...
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Who’s with me on term limits?Jun 10, 2012 4:40 am - No one can argue that the financial deficit faced by this country is totally unacceptable. In a few articles I will try to address why this deficit has happened and what...
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