Hanover Park Opinion
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Income tax increase was sorely neededJan 23, 2011 12:00 am - The League of Women Voters of Illinois thanks the Illinois legislators who last week passed the revenue increase for the benefit of our citizens and the many needed serv...
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Dist. 15’s irresponsibility coming back to biteJan 23, 2011 12:00 am - At the Jan. 12 District 15 school board meeting the board and the superintendent discussed possible spending cuts that will be necessary to avoid projected deficit spend...
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Palatine GOP bringing common sense back to governmentJan 22, 2011 11:00 pm - How much longer are we going to put up with the mismanagement of the state of Illinois by misguided lawmakers? Illinois is the laughingstock of the nation. The governor ...
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Disappointed in article about D211 candidateJan 22, 2011 11:00 pm - We have been subscribers to the Daily Herald for the past 46 years. Your front page article titled “Watch Youth's Moral Fiber” (Jan. 14) disappointed us very deeply. We ...
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Consider these ideas over taxing smokersJan 22, 2011 12:00 am - Consider these ideas over taxing smokers I think it is about time all the politicians stop bullying us smokers. We are any easy target to be sure. Why keep taxing u...
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Check ethics of lame-duck votingJan 22, 2011 12:00 am - Check ethics of lame-duck voting Lame-duck legislation — is it legal? I would say yes. Is it moral? Is it ethical? I’m pretty sure my answer to the last two questio...
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Leaders’ failures led to pension crisisJan 22, 2011 12:00 am - Leaders’ failures led to pension crisis In his recent Fence Post letter, a Schaumburg resident proposed a solution to the state’s pension deficits: “Disperse the cu...
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Would I be let out of jail to visit spouse?Jan 21, 2011 11:00 pm - Would I be let out of jail to visit spouse? With regard to Lanlan Hoo who stated we need more compassion for our fellow human, I’d say I agree with the more compass...
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Remember victims in Tuscon attackJan 21, 2011 11:00 pm - Remember victims in Tuscon attack It is a horrible tragedy that occurred on Jan. 8 in Arizona. However, what is also tragic is the political spin so many immediatel...
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Don’t waste money on life in prisonJan 21, 2011 11:00 pm - Don’t waste money on life in prison Let me see, the Illinois Senate voted to abolish the death penalty, and in the same meeting, to raise our taxes. So if someone i...