Maple Park Opinion
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It's time to vote GreenApr 17, 2010 11:00 pm - The latest report indicates that nearly 17 percent of our workers are either unemployed or underemployed. Our infrastructure, and school and health care systems are fail...
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Obama praised for nuke effortApr 17, 2010 11:00 pm - President Obama is taking the initiative to make us safer by reducing the stockpiles of nuclear warheads and delivery systems. He is also trying to strengthen the safegu...
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Rebalance tax systemApr 17, 2010 11:00 pm - For half a century, we've heard politicians talk about cutting our taxes. From Kennedy to Reagan and Bush, Congress has trimmed and cut. But what has been the result? Mi...
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Find other ways to cut costs in U-46Apr 16, 2010 11:00 pm - School District U-46 has a large deficit that the board of education is trying to reduce. Like many other districts in Illinois, the problem is partially because the sta...
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Student loan changes welcomeApr 16, 2010 11:00 pm - With all the hoopla over health insurance reform it is worth noting another important part of the bill. That is the part dealing with financial aid and the repayment of ...
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Don't just blame teachersApr 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Mr. Navarrette, this letter is in response to your April 6 column, titled "U.S. not making the grade on reforms." As a semiretired public school educator, I agree with s...
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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...