Maple Park Opinion
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Saturday SoapboxApr 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Leave the FOIA law alone: Members of the Illinois Senate should know we'll be watching this week if Aurora state Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia's assault on the Freedom ...
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Thoughts on carp eradicationApr 16, 2010 11:00 pm - There has been an ongoing battle over the Asian carp. The main worry is that it will get in the Great Lakes and destroy the sport fishing resources. Other states, like M...
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Private schools offer what publics can'tApr 15, 2010 11:00 pm - It saddens me greatly to hear about the state of our public education system. Class sizes are getting larger and larger. Music, art and physical education programs are b...
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Stop influence of lobbyistsApr 15, 2010 11:00 pm - I thank the Herald for the excellent coverage of the ongoing controversy about red-light cameras. My blood pressure climbed when I read March 11, in response to Sen. Duf...
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Support funding for afterschool programsApr 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Young people in Illinois and across the country face greater barriers to success than ever before. Employment rates among teens have dropped significantly over the last ...
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Time for student loan reformApr 13, 2010 11:00 pm - As a current student and father of two at Judson University, Student Loan Reform could not have come at a better time. I sincerely want to thank Congress and the Preside...
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No issue too sacred not to debateApr 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Who are these groups? Those seeking freedom of religion, speech, privacy and property rights; the anti-war movement; the militia men patrolling our borders; the pro-life...
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No issue too sacred not to debateApr 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Who are these groups? Those seeking freedom of religion, speech, privacy and property rights; the anti-war movement; the militia men patrolling our borders; the pro-life...
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Time for fire district to pony upApr 13, 2010 11:00 pm - This letter is a response and clarification to your March 25 article on the St. Charles Countryside Fire Protection District. For several years, the City of St. Charles...
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Time to fight for less governmentApr 12, 2010 11:00 pm - The U.S. is $13 trillion in debt. Illinois is $13 billion in debt. The governments are out of money but expanding like mad. The government gives sweetheart pensions to g...