Hanover Park Opinion
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Teachers are in the trenches, tooJun 19, 2011 12:00 am - Back in the 1970s when Vietnam veterans returned from serving our country, people spit at them. Years later, people realized how horribly we treated those who fought on ...
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Don’t be duped again, Mr. PresidentJun 19, 2011 12:00 am - Mr. President, unfortunately your blind faith in dealing with the opposing party in the House and Senate has cost the American public the chance for a meaningful economi...
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Keep racism out of birth certificate flapJun 19, 2011 12:00 am - In response to John Ostberg’s May 28 Fence Post letter, the president was asked many times about his birth certificate. All he had to do was show it. He brought the cont...
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Rauschenberger shows real leadershipJun 17, 2011 1:00 am - There has been much talk lately about the lack of leadership within the ranks of our elected officials. It also has often been said that integrity is doing the right thi...
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Illinoisans denied right to self-protectionJun 17, 2011 1:00 am - Contrary to the assertions of Coleen Daley of Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence that concealed handguns will not make us safer, they already do. Between 800,000 ...
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Media biased when covering gay issuesJun 17, 2011 12:00 am - In 1981, Robert Lichter and Stanley Rothman released a blockbuster survey of 240 journalists about their political and social views and found that only 24 percent of the...
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Don’t buy the ‘spin’ put on gambling billJun 17, 2011 12:00 am - I appreciated you recent editorial about the proposed gambling legislation awaiting the governor’s signature. This plan cannot be good for the people of Illinois in the ...
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We’re too broke for high speed railJun 17, 2011 12:00 am - The state of Illinois, we are told, is broke. There is no money for all the pension funds, which are $84 billion in the hole. Man, that’s a lot of zeros. But wait! The M...
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Corporations should pump up economyJun 17, 2011 12:00 am - Cut corporate taxes? Why? In 2010, the federal government received all of $179 billion in corporate income taxes. In 2009, $138 billion was received. This is much less t...
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Quinn must stand for transparencyJun 17, 2011 12:00 am - Dear Gov. Quinn, The Illinois General Assembly recently passed HB 1716, which limits citizen access to government information under the state’s new and improved Freedom ...