Mount Prospect Opinion
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A summary of Daily Herald endorsementsFeb 29, 2016 12:00 am - Early voting for the March 15 primary begins today at locations around the suburbs. Here is a summary of our endorsements. The full text of individual endorsement edito...
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Amazing woman's legacy of wisdomFeb 26, 2016 12:00 am - Regarding the letter from Ken Wuestenfeld in the Herald on Feb. 17 regarding the obituary of 85-year-old Julia Jachec. What an amazing and intelligent woman she was! She...
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Endorsement: Meister as Democrat for Cook County circuit clerkFeb 25, 2016 12:00 am - We'd like to think the Cook County circuit court system isn't a lost cause. That court files can be counted on to be complete when lawyers and judges need them, and that...
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Counting down the remaining candidatesFeb 25, 2016 12:00 am - So let me count the ways ... Marco Rubio. Young and handsome but too slick. Too slick. Ted Cruz. Too smirky and questionable honesty. Dr. Ben Carson. A nice guy but too...
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Red-light camera law worth it if lives savedFeb 23, 2016 12:00 am - From the Your View letter of Feb. 12, "Suburban townships with the red-light cameras will, come Election Day, find out what the voters think of them.": What's all this...
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The irony in debate over Scalia replacementFeb 20, 2016 12:00 am - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Scalia was known as looking at the original intention of the Founding Fathers in interpreting the Constitution. Judges should not be political...
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Special prosecutor needed for ClintonFeb 17, 2016 12:00 am - Every day it becomes even more apparent that the president and his justice department have no intentions of charging Hillary Clinton, no matter what the FBI or the inspe...
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Columnist just mean about Trump, PalinFeb 13, 2016 12:00 am - I get the feeling that Kathleen Parker doesn't like Donald Trump and Sarah Palin. Where does she get all those fancy shmancy words to thrash them? She whines that Trump...
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Is activist a priest or a politician?Feb 12, 2016 12:00 am - I hope Archbishop Blase Cupich will consider assigning the Rev. Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina to a quiet suburban parish during his proposed restructuring of parishes an...
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Editorial: We all benefit from programs like Harper's 'Promise'Feb 09, 2016 10:00 pm - Harper College still has a ways to go before it fully delivers on its promise of free tuition to any high school student who meets certain grade-point and attendance cri...