Hanover Park Opinion
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State blue as ocean, deficit as deepMay 09, 2012 1:00 am - Beloved Leader Quinn Jong-il: Greetings from the collared counties. From the shackled suburbs, we sing your praise. I am proud to report that, for 2011, my state income ...
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Neither Romney nor Obama a good choiceMay 08, 2012 7:55 pm - Many years ago, a man named Paul Twitchell co-authored a book with Brad Steiger: “In My Soul, I am Free.” He said that organizations exist solely to benefit the leaders....
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Three cheers for electric aggregationMay 08, 2012 5:00 am - The village officials and staff that successfully undertook the task of municipal electricity aggregation should be commended one and all. For the benefit of over a quar...
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Enact disincentives against red meatMay 08, 2012 5:00 am - Gov. Pat Quinn has proposed a cigarette tax hike and linked it to health benefits. He said, “We’ve got to use our heads here. We ought to use this strategy to get revenu...
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Class warfare already alive and wellMay 08, 2012 5:00 am - Let’s see if I understand the thinking of my Republican-Tea Party friends. If we extend the low interest rates on loans to students — who, by the way, need them because ...
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Start over with election boardMay 08, 2012 1:00 am - DuPage County Board of Elections. Those words strike terror in the hearts of many a would-be politician. Average people, who want only to give back to their community, h...
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Casino proposal would cheat taxpayersMay 07, 2012 5:00 am - As mayor of Des Plaines, I am deeply concerned about a troubling proposal from the state’s horse racing industry that would more than double casino gaming locations. It ...
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Politics cannot get in way of reformsMay 07, 2012 5:00 am - It’s time for politicians to sit down and statesmen to stand up. Opinions seem to be finally changing in Springfield — I see leadership moving in a positive direction to...
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Deer disease grows with deer populationMay 07, 2012 5:00 am - Some critical information was missing from “Conversation on deer culling” (Fence Post, April 25). The Illinois Department of Natural Resources’ chronic wasting disease (...
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Fifth-worst job? No way, our staff respondsMay 06, 2012 5:00 am - Stop the presses! Did you hear the news? Being a newspaper reporter is the fifth-crummiest job — behind waiting on tables, but apparently a little better than working on...