Hanover Park Opinion
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Eagerly awaiting November, 2012Sep 20, 2011 5:00 am - How exciting. President Obama wants to add another half trillion dollars to the national debt, with his new jobs bill. The one designed to save his job. Also the one he ...
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Tariffs would limit pollutionSep 20, 2011 5:00 am - That Hultgren and the House Republicans have decided businesses must be allowed to pollute in order to “create” jobs simply proves that they are not competent to govern....
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Protect religious rights in schoolsSep 20, 2011 5:00 am - Christ on campus? It’s OK — really. Our public schools have largely ignored teaching one basic First Amendment right by failing to instruct students of their religious r...
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Compare U.S. budget to a typical family’sSep 20, 2011 5:00 am - Congress sets a federal budget every year in the trillions of dollars. Few people know how much money that is so we’ll illustrate the breakdown of 2011 federal budget in...
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A little respect for pedestrian trafficSep 20, 2011 5:00 am - In response to a recent article in the Daily Herald, I would like to comment on pedestrian safety. I live in Carol Stream and I am an avid runner and dog walker. I run e...
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Clarifying some points on pensionsSep 20, 2011 12:00 am - Clarifying some points on pensions I’d like to clarify four points about defined benefit public pensions and the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund in response to t...
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Mt. Prospect grateful for help with school supply driveSep 19, 2011 6:00 am - The community responded very generously to our request for help with school supplies for the children of families in economic need. A total 173 children from 76 families...
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Elk Grove memorial ‘just what we needed’Sep 19, 2011 6:00 am - Last Sunday, thanks to a villagewide mailing from the Elk Grove Baptist Church, my wife and I, who are from another faith, attended their 911 Commemoration Service. A ve...
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Coyotes get bolder in neighborhoodsSep 19, 2011 6:00 am - Throughout the summer we have encountered remains of dead animals killed by coyotes in our yard. This week the victim was a deer. A long procession of blood and entrails...
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Arlington Hts. guilty of overbuilding mallsSep 19, 2011 6:00 am - Being a resident in Arlington Heights for over 30 years I have watched with dismay the village permitting the overbuilding of strip malls when many malls were sitting em...