Mount Prospect Opinion
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Editorial: A cop's extraordinary commitment to 'right this wrong'Aug 22, 2016 11:00 pm - In a year when police officers have felt devalued and unappreciated, it's refreshing to hear a story like Mike Nelson's. A Mount Prospect kid who grew up to be a Mount P...
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Elk Grove Township residents don't need new taxAug 22, 2016 5:00 am - Tim Burns is continuing his personal crusade to raise taxes on families he claims to be helping. According to the Daily Herald, Mr. Burns recently filed a petition to pl...
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Let's study crossing at Central & BusseAug 22, 2016 5:00 am - I strongly agree with Westbrook teacher Janice Zemaitis and local resident Chuck Bennett about the safety issues at Central and Busse roads. I too am a bike rider who en...
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Could today's students make it in 1960s?Aug 22, 2016 1:00 am - In regards to Glenbard North's proposal to their student to "lock their phones" so they can earn reward points, I am amazed that I was able to make it through high schoo...
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Social Security important to retirement plansAug 22, 2016 1:00 am - I read with great interest the article by David Barnes of Generation Opportunity regarding Social Security, which is yet another attempt by a right-wing organization to ...
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Politicians don't do enough to fight drugsAug 20, 2016 1:00 am - The first segment on 60 Minutes recently was titled "Heroin in the Heartland." Parents in the Columbus, Ohio, area who had lost a child to a drug overdose were being int...
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Don't supporters care about Hillary's past?Aug 20, 2016 1:00 am - I totally support Marilyn Jones who wrote on Aug. 3 concerning why Hillary Clinton is the wrong woman to become president. When the campaign "era" began, I, too, believ...
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Blaming the wrong cause for killingsAug 15, 2016 1:00 am - According to the Daily Herald, 70 individuals lost their lives to violence in Chicago in June and only 65 individuals lost their lives in July. Based on the administrati...
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Special interests control crop safetyAug 11, 2016 1:00 am - Nancy Thorner's letter on the safety of GMO products is well written and very persuasive, except it ignores the issues of the increased use of Round-Up used by farmers t...
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Leaders must work to control national debtAug 10, 2016 1:00 am - We should be asking our political canadates how they plan to reduce our national debt? It's $19 trillon and still growing. Two political conventions and what did we lea...