Hanover Park Opinion
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Budget catastrophic to DuPage servicesJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - On May 31, the Illinois legislature passed a budget that cuts in half funding for health and human services. This means that many of the programs that keep our DuPage-ar...
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Saturday SoapboxJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - End the monopoly: Our sympathies are with the 20 trash haulers who have filed suit against 11 municipalities in Cook and DuPage counties that have locked them out of pic...
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Palin dropped out for right reasonsJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Sarah Palin's decision was for all the right reasons: regard for the people of Alaska, not expecting them to have a governor who must give her attention to her troubles ...
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Why are Democrats getting all the heat?Jul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - While Illinois Democrats bear the brunt of the attacks over the ongoing budget problems in Illinois, Republican legislators continue to sit on the sidelines planning the...
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Elderly built this land on their backsJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Recently, in the stifling heat, I saw a woman who had to be in her 80s struggling with her bags of goods she purchased. I asked if I could help her. She seemed shocked b...
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Transparency bill good for allJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Recently the General Assembly passed a new bill to strengthen the Freedom of Information request by residents of various Illinois governments. The bill currently is wait...
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State income tax increase is neededJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - The state budget meltdown must be resolved with a substantial increase in revenues or the proposed budget cuts will be unconscionably cruel to hundreds of our vulnerable...
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Sosa not guilty until all facts are inJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - An anonymous source leaked information from a secret report to The New York Times alleging that Sammy Sosa took illegal drugs in 2003 while playing for the Chicago Cubs....
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Raise the bar on both sides of debateJul 09, 2009 11:00 pm - I read Kathleen Muhr's letter which appeared in this column on July 4 and agree that David Letterman was out of line with his joke about the Palin daughter. He apologize...
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Musings on DuPage County's political landscapeJul 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Poor Joe Birkett. Wednesday just wasn't his day. That's what several of us were saying when news came down that Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan - to many people's...