Hanover Park Opinion
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Bring back incentive for innovationNov 17, 2011 4:00 am - Politicians, quit adding more and more “fees” to replace taxes — we know what you’re doing. There is a thirst now for simplification in the way that government finances ...
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School is more than just its test scoresNov 17, 2011 4:00 am - I am writing in regard to the article titled “Educators want break from federal goals” in the Oct. 31 Daily Herald. It is absolutely mind-boggling that 80 percent of Il...
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Sad commentary: Sticker removedNov 17, 2011 4:00 am - I recently mentioned to my son that I noticed a campaign sticker on my car had been partially torn off. He asked, “Who would do that?” Later, while visiting a friend at ...
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Teachers might not know of obligationsNov 17, 2011 4:00 am - A number of years ago I was working as a physics teacher in an inner-city high school of Chicago. I suspected child abuse by a faculty member, but only suspected this wi...
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County budget must consider suburbs, tooNov 16, 2011 3:00 am - On Oct. 25, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle submitted her executive budget recommendation to the county board. By and large, the budget the president submit...
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Time to stop viewing students as robotsNov 16, 2011 3:00 am - Time to stop viewing students as robots The recent complaints from the upper class snobs that entrench DuPage County’s many country clubs about the low standardize ...
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Longfellow Veterans Day one to cherishNov 16, 2011 3:00 am - Longfellow Veterans Day one to cherish As a Marine Corps veteran, I accepted an invitation from fifth grader Will Richards to attend the Longfellow School Veterans ...
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Cook County’s tough new era of budgetingNov 14, 2011 11:00 pm - If all goes as it should, something astonishing in the annals of Cook County government will happen this Friday. For the second year in a row, the county budget will dec...
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If Rooney could reflect on his passingNov 14, 2011 11:00 pm - Sad to hear Andy Rooney of “60 Minutes” fame passed away at 92. He made complaining something of an art form. Mr. Rooney might feel he died prematurely. I can almost hea...
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Don’t give Sears sweetheart dealNov 14, 2011 11:00 pm - Sears has been threatening to leave Illinois unless they get their way: continued access to public infrastructure and resources (compliments of taxpayers) along with an ...