Maple Park Opinion
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Second by second, deeper in debtJul 23, 2011 5:00 am - July 4, 1776 through July 4, 2011 = 235 years; 235 years x 365 days = 85,775 days + 58 additional leap year days = 85,833 days; 85,833 days x 24 hours = 2,059,992 hours;...
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GOP is unreasonable in deficit solutionJul 23, 2011 5:00 am - I believe President Obama has offered a balanced and fair proposal to reduce the deficit. He takes on his Democratic Party by proposing spending cuts that primarily affe...
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Spending? We have influence problemJul 23, 2011 5:00 am - Someone really needs to tell the Republicans that we don’t have a spending problem, we have an influence problem. Rather than focus on cutting social spending they shoul...
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Close loopholes, put Congress on budgetJul 23, 2011 5:00 am - In a letter to the editor a loyal Democrat wrote he was tired of the Republicans using the abortion issue year after year. Guess he has no issue with his party, year aft...
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Leaders lead; this president hasn’tJul 22, 2011 2:00 am - Isn’t it obvious at this point that President Obama is not a leader? Leaders take on a task and assume the responsibility for all facets of the job; they do not continue...
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Lessons in conquering life’s bumpsJul 21, 2011 4:00 am - There is little doubt Sean Stephenson would appreciate Jordan Aubey’s story. And little doubt Aubey would enjoy telling Stephenson’s. Separate stories about the two men ...
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Hold your nose; do what’s right for U.S.Jul 21, 2011 3:00 am - It’s wonderful to see the tea party congressmen and congresswomen who stand shoulder to shoulder against eliminating tax loopholes for large businesses as penalizing the...
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Do something about bike path threatsJul 21, 2011 3:00 am - The bike path along the Fox River is one of the Elgin area’s greatest assets. Sadly, once one is directly south of the riverboat, one must often run the gantlet through ...
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Spend bridge money on downtownJul 21, 2011 3:00 am - The City of St. Charles admits it has a problem with a vibrant downtown as Mark Prieve spoke of July 5 at the St. Charles City Council meeting, yet Mayor Don DeWitte and...
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Combine forces and save us some moneyJul 19, 2011 2:00 am - As has been well publicized, the state of Illinois has literally thousands of taxing bodies to include the state, counties, townships, municipalities, villages, school d...