Maple Park Opinion
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Immigration reform or bankruptcyMar 20, 2010 11:00 pm - I've read the editorials, the op-eds, the letters to the editor and the articles on what the do-nothing politicians are saying about the Illinois budget and in all this ...
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Lt. gov. nod not about democracyMar 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Although I personally did not vote for Scott Lee Cohen or Al Turner to be the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, it is obscene for the Democratic Party to neg...
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Tea party doesn't need Hitler comparisonMar 19, 2010 11:00 pm - In a letter to the editor March 8, Fabian Lieschke of Washington, D.C., comments on the tea party group and how they compare our president to Adolf Hitler when promoting...
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Saturday soapbox: Kudos to Wheeling Dist. 21 teachersMar 19, 2010 11:00 pm - A step in the right direction: Wheeling Township Elementary District 21 teachers have agreed to forgo not only a wage increase but their annual step increases for...
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Gun ban a disservice to law-abiding folksMar 19, 2010 11:00 pm - After reading Burt Constable's column of Thursday, March 4, regarding the Supreme Court's review of Chicago's hand gun ban, I found myself confused. I really, really, do...
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Listen if you ask for inputMar 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Why Geneva's school board waited to hold a public forum on March 6, only two days before voting on proposed cuts, speaks volumes as to how much they really want communit...
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Delnor involves patients in decisionsMar 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Recently, while visiting a friend who had just returned home from a long weekend stay in the cardiac care unit at Delnor Hospital, she exclaimed, "Ginny, the nurses were...
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Spending priorities are upside downMar 18, 2010 11:00 pm - It is said we demonstrate our personal values by where we spend our money. Likewise, the priorities of companies and agencies are more truly demonstrated in their budget...
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Provide education for all world's kidsMar 17, 2010 11:00 pm - The first Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients of the Obama administration were honored this month. Three of these "agents of change" honored by the president - Arch...
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Cobbler's care impresses customerMar 17, 2010 11:00 pm - We all understand that 95 percent of customers today want outstanding service in order to continue relationships and return to a business. That was what I experienced fr...