Maple Park Opinion
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Laws should be written to be readOct 07, 2009 11:00 pm - I believe it's time to contact our senators and congressmen and demand that they write bills in plain English so that we, the American people, can understand what has be...
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Selfless act about paying it forwardOct 07, 2009 11:00 pm - I was shopping recently in a local Target store. As I was checking out, the cashier noticed my items and asked if I was having a party. I told her that I was a teacher a...
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You're still aces to meOct 06, 2009 11:00 pm - It's tough to watch you close after having trudged your aisles for 40 years looking for just the right bolt, battery, butterfly-nut or what have you. Who's going to gree...
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Could Hampshire rebates backfire?Oct 05, 2009 11:00 pm - I could not believe what I read in Larissa Chinwah's Sept. 28 story on the village of Hampshire offering a $3,500 rebate "for buyers of qualifying new construction homes...
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We all won with Coop's touchdownOct 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Congratulations and thank you to Coach Dave Bierman of Elgin High School and Coach Nana Agyeman of Lake Park High School. Reading the Daily Herald story describing how t...
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No sense investing in Elgin's downtownOct 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Of all the cities in the Fox River valley, Elgin shouldn't be the one that has police and fire departments that are undermanned, underequipped, or underpaid with the tax...
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We won't be fooled again. Right?Oct 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Several years ago a proposal to establish a fiber optic network that would provide telephone, Internet and cable television service through an intergovernmental agreemen...
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Cash for Clunkers for seniors?Oct 02, 2009 11:00 pm - When "youngsters" denigrate our medical coverage as too expensive, they should remember that young, male drivers cause the most car accidents. How about if we put a cap ...
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Where is Herald's ACORN coverage?Oct 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Investigative reporting is not dead. Those of us who are old enough to remember can thank The Washington Post and reporters Woodward and Bernstein for bringing to light ...
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Mob mentality is catharticOct 02, 2009 11:00 pm - As I obsess over the health care crisis that apparently will live on to haunt my children and grandchildren, I crave information. This causes me to watch television. Thi...