Maple Park Opinion
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The SoapboxJun 25, 2011 3:00 am - Sharing pain: In their one-day session to address budget issues this week, Illinois senators also moved to participate in the needed sacrifices. They joined the House in...
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Property values at risk in D303Jun 25, 2011 3:00 am - In the June 21 Daily Herald article covering the District 303 lawsuit dismissal, the superintendent of schools said, “It’s possible Davis would receive the failing schoo...
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Keep it to a dull roar on July 4Jun 25, 2011 3:00 am - The Fourth of July is approaching, and I want it to be a fun and respectful time for all. Please supervise kids under age 12 when setting off fireworks. Respect noise cu...
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Support in-state hospital groupJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - Centegra Health System and its predecessor organizations have supported the Northwest suburbs for more than 100 years. I believe that Centegra is a better choice to cont...
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Radiation series had little basis in scienceJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - Fear sells newspapers, but perpetuating ignorance shouldn’t be how the Daily Herald makes money. Shouldn’t the Daily Herald have a higher ethical standard? The series on...
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Unions created middle classJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - Union membership has never been more than 30 percent of the workforce. What that 30 percent did was establish the middle class by raising wages, creating a 40-hour workw...
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Eat like your ancestors didJun 23, 2011 1:00 am - Because we are all “programmed” with certain beliefs, we tend to do things over and over without much thought. Much of what we hear, and go on to believe, is out of date...
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Gee, thanks for calling tow truckJun 23, 2011 1:00 am - To the person who called the towing company to remove my car from a desolate lot — my car was parked in the vacant lot behind the Beehive Tavern & Grill in order to tran...
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No easy way to tackle deficitJun 23, 2011 1:00 am - Fence Post writer Bill Sarto is wrong. He worries about having to cut benefits in future “entitlement” payments to future recipients. The U.S. is broke. IOUs from Congre...
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Our property tax system has run amokJun 23, 2011 1:00 am - I was at the Sun City-Huntley meeting on July 18 listening to all of the trauma about how high Kane County taxes were. All I know is I live in Sun City in Grafton Townsh...