Mount Prospect Opinion
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Better way to keep Sears in HoffmanMay 20, 2011 1:00 am - There were two interesting articles on the May 10 front page. Sears wants a 15-year renewal of a previous 23-year property tax incentive. Sears is threatening to move ou...
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Work it out, Glen Ellyn and College of DuPageMay 19, 2011 12:00 am - Once again, the marriage of Glen Ellyn and the College of DuPage is on the rocks. A long-running dispute that began with village officials’ concerns about the community ...
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GOP masterfully distorts factsMay 19, 2011 12:00 am - Isn’t it an amazing phenomenon how easy it is for Republicans to distort the truth until it matches their preconceived notion of what they’d like it to be? The economic ...
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Promoting debate about slots at trackMay 19, 2011 12:00 am - I remember reading in this paper some time ago that the Arlington Heights village leaders promised vigorous, open discussion and debate about the proposal to put slots a...
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Glen Ellyn should OK deal with CODMay 19, 2011 12:00 am - The leadership of the village of Glen Ellyn wants you to believe that until recently their relationship with the college has always been harmonious and that our recent d...
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Unions’ success is their failureMay 19, 2011 12:00 am - Occasionally, something good comes out of a bad experience. For example, our severe economic recession has prompted close examination of aims, policies, and practices in...
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Preserve right to join union ... or notMay 18, 2011 1:00 am - There have been several editorials lately on the topic of unionization of the workforce. I believe these seem to skip a couple of very important points as they try defen...
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Planned Parenthood’s numbers deceptiveMay 17, 2011 1:00 am - After reading Jim Slusher’s thoughtful explanation about why the Herald’s editors allow Fence Post writers to publish their opinions in spite of the reality that some wr...
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Quinn should stop corporate blackmailMay 17, 2011 1:00 am - First Caterpillar threatens to leave our state and Gov. Quinn was right there with cash to make them stay. Then Motorola gets $100 million to stay in the state. Now Sear...
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Fast train to Detroit a waste of fundsMay 16, 2011 12:00 am - The Herald reports that Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announces that $404 million has been allocated by the federal government to go “toward increasing (train) spe...