Hanover Park Opinion
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Show your support for SCARCEMay 12, 2012 1:00 am - SCARCE (School and Community Assistance for Recycling and Composting Education) is not scarce when it comes to support of environmental education. They do an amazing amo...
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Pay-for-bus plan won’t save muchMay 12, 2012 1:00 am - I am writing in response to an April 21 article entitled, “Pay to ride the school bus?” The state’s latest plan to save money might be unwise for several reasons. First...
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Cigarette tax hike is solid legislationMay 11, 2012 3:17 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn’s proposal to fund the Medicaid program by increasing the cigarette tax by $1 per pack is poised to be one of the greatest achievements of his administrat...
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Wars funded; what about post offices?May 11, 2012 1:59 pm - Due to the privatization craze to which both major political parties have succumbed, the U.S. post office in Rolling Meadows will be closing on May 25. But rest easy kno...
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Where do our tax dollars really go?May 11, 2012 1:59 pm - Invest in America! Well, I do. I pay my taxes. A government official will use the catch phrase “It’s only a few dollars” when asking for a tax increase. Well, only a fe...
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Honoring mothers for their sacrificesMay 11, 2012 1:59 pm - Much in the news these days has been the discussion of stay-at-home mothers. Nothing in my 39 years within the struggle for life and family has angered me more than unpr...
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Unions not to blame for airline woesMay 11, 2012 5:00 am - George Will’s recent column, “The turbulence in the airline industry,” demonstrates what happens when a journalist gets lazy, and also abandons even the slightest preten...
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Take care of the homefront firstMay 11, 2012 5:00 am - Fence Post recently had a letter from Mr. Darst that to balance the budget would require cuts in military spending, changes in Social Security and Medicare and some gove...
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A celebration of transforming livesMay 11, 2012 1:00 am - The gratitude I feel is overwhelming. Bridge Communities just concluded its second annual “Celebrating Women ... Transforming Lives” luncheon at Danada House, a celebrat...
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No sympathy for teacher’s pensionMay 11, 2012 1:00 am - I read with considerable amusement the story about the Naperville teacher who is worried about her retirement pension to the point of being nauseous and losing sleep. Sh...