Hanover Park Opinion
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Don't allow video gambling in IllinoisMay 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Legislators are considering allowing video poker in bars, truck stops and fraternal and veteran's clubs, the money to go mainly for school construction and the remainder...
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Israeli influence needs close lookMay 21, 2009 11:00 pm - If ever there was a country that should attend the U.N. conference on racism, it is the United States of America. Yet the administration is boycotting it, "with regret" ...
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Abortion bill is bad, not misunderstoodMay 21, 2009 11:00 pm - On April 19th Julie Sass wrote an article entitled "Abortion Bill is Misunderstood."Let the record be clear that both the Illinois House of Representatives and the peopl...
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Musings about Drew, contracts and Route 59May 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Some random thoughts from your friendly DuPage editor, a Friday Soapbox, if you will ... We're on the case In case you didn't notice, our coverage of the Drew Peterson ...
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Improve treatment of brain disordersMay 21, 2009 11:00 pm - May is Mental Health month. It's time for us to improve the way treatment is provided. Each day we read articles telling us of local tragedies caused by mentally ill per...
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Automatic raise for lawmakers? Why?!May 21, 2009 11:00 pm - State lawmakers are getting a 2.8% cost of living pay increase. It's automatic. First of all, the question is: how many people in the nonunion private sector get an "aut...
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Cap and Trade will hurt taxpayersMay 21, 2009 11:00 pm - The House of Representatives plans to pass Cap and Trade legislation by the end of May. According to the Tax Foundation, the bottom 20% of income earners would pay the m...
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This isn't the red tape we want to cutMay 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Advocates don't pause when asked what Red Tape Cutters means in a state beset with budget woes, layoffs, and the grim reality of a growing number of foreclosures. They s...
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Beware. Who will they come for next?May 20, 2009 11:00 pm - The government took away the right to assemble. The government took away their worldly possessions to pay for the right to exist. The government forced them into correct...
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District 54 should pay for police officerMay 17, 2009 11:00 pm - A letter to Ed Rafferty, superintendent of Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54: Please consider this e-mail notice that my son, Cameron Popek, an 8th grader at Ja...