Maple Park Opinion
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Fund schools with sales taxApr 08, 2010 11:00 pm - I see where the issue of inequities in funding of public education is getting another look at. Being able to afford to live in your home or buy a home is not discretion...
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Anti-Catholic sentiment in Daily HeraldApr 08, 2010 11:00 pm - I wondered why the Daily Herald never lists the Catholic Network EWTN in their TV listings. Then I noticed that your paper seems to highlight any news about Catholics th...
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Abortion funding order is a shamApr 08, 2010 11:00 pm - I offer the following to our politicians as a solution to the state budget crisis. Have the state lottery conduct a contest where each entrant predicts the date and time...
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Invitation-only forums lack courageApr 07, 2010 11:00 pm - It is ironic that Tuesday, March 30, the same day that the Daily Herald published Mr. Wiley Edmondson's opinion in the Fence Post, in which he praised the "courage" of C...
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Save funding for Voices of VisionApr 07, 2010 11:00 pm - I am writing today to express my concern for the future of the Voices of Vision Talking Book Center service. Voices of Vision is one of four subregional libraries in Ill...
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Angry about Spanish adApr 06, 2010 11:00 pm - I am an American citizen, born and raised in the United States of America. If you think I am going to continue subscribing to this newspaper after I opened it up this mo...
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Durbin's stance on abortion wrongApr 06, 2010 11:00 pm - The Catholic bishops and cardinals of the United States have unanimously and unequivocally opposed the recently passed Obamacare legislation, stating hat after consultin...
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Keep Fox Valley Golf Club as isApr 06, 2010 11:00 pm - The city of Aurora has announced it intends to sell the Fox Valley Golf Club on Route 25 in North Aurora. I urge the Fox Valley Park District or the Village of North Aur...
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Texting in class bad for learningApr 05, 2010 11:00 pm - Just before I retired from teaching, a parent learned that his son had been texting in all his classes. Understandably upset, the parent created a spreadsheet showing wh...
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Big Sammy gets pat on the backApr 05, 2010 11:00 pm - I commend Sammy of Big Sammy's restaurant. On Saturday, March 20, he really paid it forward! When I walked into Big Sammy's on Bushwood Drive in Elgin at about 5 p.m. to...