Maple Park Opinion
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Don’t mess with teacher pensionsOct 22, 2011 5:00 am - I am writing in support of teachers both past and present. Pensions should not be touched. Teachers have paid into their pension for years only to watch the state of Ill...
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GOP obstructionism sabotages all of usOct 22, 2011 5:00 am - Recently, every Republican senator, including Mark Kirk, voted to obstruct discussion of President Obama’s American Jobs Act. This was not a vote on the bill itself, but...
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Why do we bother with speed limits?Oct 22, 2011 5:00 am - We drove to Wisconsin recently via I-90 from Route 20 to the Illinois border. The construction zone speed limit is 45 mph with fines of $375 minimum. I set my cruise con...
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Sears doing nothing wrongOct 21, 2011 5:00 am - For the past several weeks, I have read a few letters from people associated with District 300 schools agonizing over the potential move out of Illinois that Sears is co...
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Mercury concerns mistaken, overstatedOct 21, 2011 5:00 am - Letters containing misinformation and that use fear to get people’s attention should be dismissed out of hand. See “Don’t loosen pollution standards.” Air pollution toda...
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DIY data search will save us moneyOct 20, 2011 5:00 am - The Freedom of Information Act is an important tool in establishing transparency that allows us to feel confident that our tax dollars are working for us. After reading ...
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Halt Sears tax breakOct 19, 2011 5:00 am - There are more than 21,000 children in District 300, and for the last 23 years they have been figuratively told to sit quietly at the back of the bus while their educati...
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U-46 insider supports D300 fightOct 19, 2011 5:00 am - As a parent with two kids in the U-46 school system, a two-time candidate for the U-46 board of education and a former vice chairman of the U-46 Citizens Advisory Counci...
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GOP tax holiday is foolhardyOct 19, 2011 5:00 am - The latest idea by the GOP is to give multinational corporation a tax holiday so they can repatriate profits earned overseas like former President Bush got through Congr...
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Simplify government to limit disagreementOct 18, 2011 5:00 am - Our political system doesn’t work because it is too complicated. My ideas to simplify it follow: Merge the Republican Party and the Democratic Party into one party, the ...