Hanover Park Opinion
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Support of literacy programs is vitalSep 10, 2011 5:00 am - Approximately 125,000 DuPage County residents struggle with limited English skills. Nationwide, funding for adult literacy programs is under siege, affecting the more th...
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Towns need plans to fight ash borerSep 09, 2011 5:00 am - A recent feature story profiled a Bartlett woman (Amy Zinga) who is rallying her neighbors toward saving their community’s ash tree population. The culprit is the emeral...
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Illinois taxes too much for too littleSep 09, 2011 5:00 am - I totally agree with Julie Belonger from the Sept. 4 opinion page about how we don’t want our taxes to go to a dog park. That’s an understatement. Recently, I asked a co...
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Why go to China for MLK sculptor?Sep 09, 2011 5:00 am - Journalist Charles Krauthammer tells us in a recent edition of the Daily Herald that the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial was made by a Chinese artist in China using Chin...
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Future in better hands than you knowSep 09, 2011 5:00 am - As parents and former teachers, there is sense of frustration that accompanies the sadness we feel when seeing a news story about crimes committed by young people: Sadne...
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Deficit solution: legalize prostitutionSep 09, 2011 5:00 am - Illinois faces record budget deficits. We will need to find revenue sources and cut down on government spending in order to avoid a credit rating reduction. If we contin...
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Herald muddled tea party messageSep 09, 2011 12:00 am - I read with interest Madhu Krishnamurthy's article of Sept. 6 regarding Naperville's Last Fling parade on Labor Day. I was honored to walk with the Naperville Tea Patrio...
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Economic facts tell the whole storySep 07, 2011 11:00 pm - I wish that everyone would present all of the facts. A recent letter to the editor claimed that there would be a 3.8 percent real estate tax on the sale of your home due...
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Giving away money doesn’t create jobsSep 07, 2011 11:00 pm - I agree that President Obama is spending like a drunken sailor. President Bush did add $4 trillion to the national debt. He did this over the eight years he was presiden...
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CFL bulbs not what cracked up to beSep 07, 2011 11:00 pm - I read Sandra Kaptain’s letter in support of going green, which is fine, but I think we should consider where we go green. There is more to say about the CFL light bulbs...