Keeneyville Opinion
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Show some pride, Itasca, stow trashMar 24, 2016 12:01 am - For the fourth consecutive spring, my husband and I have personally collected the debris on the south side of the fence on Park Avenue bordering Thorndale Avenue. This y...
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You took the right path, Sleepy HollowMar 23, 2016 12:01 am - Sleepy Hollow's tax referendum passed thanks to 610 "yes" votes overcoming 588 "no" votes. Kudos goes to many for this narrow victory. Taxpayers bought in after understa...
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GOP hasn't seen writing on the wallMar 22, 2016 1:00 am - It isn't Trump who's destroying the Republican Party, it's the Republican Party leadership. Trump and the other "outsiders" are merely the beneficiaries of the anger and...
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Perfection needed for top cop jobMar 22, 2016 12:01 am - If Chicago's Mayor Rahm Emanuel is truly serious about restoring trust and dignity in the CPD, he should without hesitation appoint Anne Kirkpatrick to the job. Forget ...
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Care staff victims of longtime state neglectMar 21, 2016 1:00 am - For the past eight years, Illinois has not increased Medicaid rates for developmental disability services, even though inflation grew 14 percent. Years of insufficient f...
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McConnell, end hissy fit over nominationMar 21, 2016 1:00 am - President Obama has nominated Merrick Garland to fill the vacancy on the Supreme court created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February. Senator Mitchell McCon...
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Bad idea: State-run pension fundsMar 21, 2016 1:00 am - I have recently been informed that the state of Illinois wants to take over the police and fire pension funds from the local control of their respective communities. Se...
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Debt growth under Madigan: bad mathMar 20, 2016 12:01 am - The first year Mike Madigan was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives was 1971. That was 45 years ago when the the debt for the state of Illinois was $1.7 bil...
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'Green' river is usually a sick riverMar 20, 2016 12:01 am - It's that time of year when green is our goal. St. Patirick's Day has us searching our closets for anything green, the early flowers are pushing green leaves up above th...
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Village Links not a burden to taxpayersMar 19, 2016 1:00 am - An article released by the Daily Herald March 3, titled "Suburban Golf Courses losing money for taxpayers" referenced an operating loss for the Village Links of Glen Ell...