Hanover Park Opinion
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How do we slow bus drivers?Dec 19, 2009 10:00 pm - What is being done about the speeding problem on Middle Street in South Elgin? Very little. I am friends with our police chief and village administrator, who used to be ...
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We aren't convinced Gitmo must closeDec 19, 2009 10:00 pm - We have never been given a good reason why the prison at Gitmo should be closed. There have be allegations made that prisoners have been tortured at Gitmo, but are those...
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Standardized tests need a second lookDec 19, 2009 10:00 pm - A problem with today's school system is that too much value is placed on the standard tests given each year. I think the importance of standard testing needs to be re-ev...
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Thanks for help on slippery roadDec 19, 2009 10:00 pm - I would like to thank the good samaritans who stopped to help when I slid off the road on Big Timber Road in Elgin the evening of Dec. 9. First, thanks to the people in ...
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Herald ignores lack of reform in DuPageDec 19, 2009 10:00 pm - The Dec. 12 Daily Herald editorial on a "to-do list" seems, once again, seems to be the same partisan attacks we are used to seeing from this paper. For some time, the D...
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Now is the time for Americans to step upDec 19, 2009 10:00 pm - "Yes We Can." Not "Obama Can." How many of us feel that our great nation is losing its luster? How many of us look to the government to solve our problems? We Americans...
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Don't be afraid to say Merry ChristmasDec 19, 2009 10:00 pm - Thank you Harold Knudsen of Arlington Heights for your letter about Christmas. You put it all so nicely. I for one, along with my family, am thankful that someone finall...
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George Washington rolling in his graveDec 19, 2009 10:00 pm - "Liberty is the basis, and whoever should dare to sap the foundation or overturn the structure (of the United States), under whatever specious pretexts he may attempt it...
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Once is enough for charity requestsDec 18, 2009 10:00 pm - In researching our annual donation list I was amazed at the number of requests we received from certain charities. The top numbers were shared by the ASPCA (10), America...
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Tax Nobel Prize money at 90 percentDec 18, 2009 10:00 pm - President Obama acknowledged in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech that his "accomplishments are slight" and that others were "more deserving." How right he was. I'm rem...