Hanover Park Opinion
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Thanks to Pheasant Ridge School classroom volunteer, Mrs. FordJul 09, 2010 11:00 pm - I am a third-grade teacher at Pheasant Ridge School in Glendale Heights. As I think back about this past school year, I know how hard my students worked. Our days were p...
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Illinois needs Kirk, a fiscal conservativeJul 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Mark Kirk is a fiscal conservative who was a co-sponsor of the Balanced Budget Amendment, voted against the trillion-dollar stimulus bill which has failed and only incre...
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Cowlishaw legacy rich in historyJul 08, 2010 11:00 pm - With the passing of Mary Lou Cowlishaw, I've been taking the time to think about the myriad ways in which she had been the best kind of friend Naper Settlement and the N...
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Props to Elgin Mayor for no car perksJul 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Thank you, Mayor Ed Schock! In the headline of last Sunday's Daily Herald all about the many mayors wasting our taxpayers' money with new expensive take home cars, car a...
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Slighted president, now you must payJul 08, 2010 11:00 pm - President Obama dropped the ball in reprimanding Gen. Stanley McChrystal, missing a golden opportunity to show truly great leadership. After reading the Rolling Stone m...
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Look at science, worldview scenarios through God's wordJul 08, 2010 11:00 pm - I can't quite understand Paul Whittington's statement that I inferred that "one cannot accept the observable facts and still be a Christian." My point was and is that th...
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Don't legislate from the bench, make changeJul 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Let me preface my comments by saying I don't own a gun and have never have. This isn't about that as much as the rule of law. Less than four months ago Justice Sotomayo...
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Politicians created teacher pension problemsJul 08, 2010 11:00 pm - I think the media has wrongly labeled "teachers" as receiving hefty, six-figure pensions. The recipients of these big pensions are superintendents and administrators, no...
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Mayor Daley fails citizens by backing gun banJul 07, 2010 11:00 pm - Unfortunately, a brave young man goes overseas to a theater of war twice only to come back to the dangerous streets of Chicago to be killed here. Statistically Chicago i...
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An energy venture worth pursuingJul 07, 2010 11:00 pm - What do you get when you cross a school funding crisis with a clean-energy initiative? Officials with three suburban school districts hope the answer lies in a downstate...