Hanover Park Opinion
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Raise taxes, but spend judiciouslyDec 02, 2010 10:00 pm - So the revenue from riverboats is shrinking since smoking has been banned. Thus the revenue on state taxes there from is also shrinking. Light up again? My kindergarten...
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Pro-bono group helps businessesDec 02, 2010 10:00 pm - Sharon Renn has owned and managed her own cleaning services company in Westmont since 2003. Sales had dropped off significantly in the 2008-2010 economy. Sharon realized...
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Stop the additions to spending billsDec 02, 2010 10:00 pm - A simple rule change would make spending easier to control since everything would be out in the open. That rule: Riders are no longer allowed on any bill passed at any l...
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Dream Act makes senseDec 02, 2010 10:00 pm - The Dream Act is up for consideration in the lame duck Congress. This is a very controversial proposal with the vagarious support of Sen. Dick Durbin. With today's econo...
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Clarification on brain deathDec 02, 2010 10:00 pm - Your article on the “brain-dead” Oquawka, Ill., man who woke up and began talking after surgery for an aortic aneurysm gave the impression that the physicians had declar...
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Both parties must work on deficitDec 02, 2010 10:00 pm - Both parties have a responsibility to get federal spending under control and bring down the deficits that have been growing for most of the last decade. The GOP must sto...
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Nods and a shrug about health careDec 02, 2010 10:00 pm - I recently spoke with a family doctor who feels we should go to the European health care system. Outcome-based, she suggested on “professional opinions.” Death panels, ...
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Money the priority over our healthDec 02, 2010 10:00 pm - Now why would the legislature even consider lifting the smoking ban in the casinos? I know they've suddenly determined that smoking is good for our health! And of cours...
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Added security is worth the scansDec 02, 2010 10:00 pm - To all those who are flying and feel that the TSA is going too far by patting people down or requiring them to go through the new body scanners, quit complaining. If you...
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Time for Fox, other media to tell truthDec 02, 2010 10:00 pm - Thanks to President Obama and his administration, our economy is growing again. The president inherited a destroyed, sinking economy from the Bush administration after B...