Opinion Stories from December 29, 2007 (Change date)
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Use common sense with fireworksDec 29, 2007 10:00 pm - I sit here during lunch time and read the articles of people who always want to blame others for their stupidity (Dec. 14, Man sues over fireworks injury). How can we ti...
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Elevator statute hurts condo ownersDec 29, 2007 10:00 pm - This is a strong protest against recently enacted Illinois statute #92-0873. Purportedly, this law provides for greater safety in all elevators over a certain age within...
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Momentum against death penaltyDec 29, 2007 10:00 pm - The death penalty offers the false impression that life is sacred, by taking it away. Since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976, over 1,000 human beings have ...
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Board embarrasses School District 158Dec 29, 2007 10:00 pm - "All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten" is a book about which we have all heard. It seems to me that the members of the District 158 school board may have ...
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School Finance 101 slanted, illogicalDec 29, 2007 10:00 pm - I read the series, School Finances 101, in the Daily Herald and have been fascinated with the slanted perspective as opposed to fully documented and researched facts abo...
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Re-learning hard lesson that creation is almost always messyDec 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Creation is a messy business. Just ask the guy who strikes out on his own after dying a little each day in cubicle world. Or a mother delivering a baby. Or those who hop...
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Road project not safer, but confusingDec 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Over the past two years, motorists driving through the Butterfield Road expansion in Libertyville navigated through the construction with the promise of a larger, safer ...
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Maintain uniformity in smoking banDec 29, 2007 10:00 pm - With a new year will come many new state laws. One in particular will have a dramatic impact on the quality of life in Illinois. The Smoke-Free Illinois Act, to take ef...
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Sales tax already too high in suburbsDec 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Sales tax already too high in suburbs In a recent "Our View" editorial, you advocate raising the suburban sales tax as part of the solution to funding our public transpo...
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Dual language teaching flawedDec 29, 2007 10:00 pm - In his column Dec. 9, Ruben Navarrette attempts to make a case for dual language, English and Spanish in our schools. Mr. Navarrette states that English-only laws are di...
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