Mount Prospect Opinion
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People won't stand for bias against WalshMay 11, 2010 11:00 pm - If Joe Walsh were a liberal Democrat, the Daily Herald would praise him as Joe citizen who fell on hard times and foreclosed on a property due to the awful Republicans c...
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Thankful for preschool crewMay 11, 2010 11:00 pm - I am the director of Good Shepherd Lutheran Preschool. I have a wonderful staff of teachers, classroom assistants, child care workers and substitute workers. The first w...
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No need to fear those with mental illnessMay 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Twelve years ago I was diagnosed with depression, eight years ago with manic depression or bi-polar disease. In that time, I've been in a number of relationships, when i...
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Elected leaders reflect the votersMay 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Regarding Messrs. Madigan's and Cullerton's lack of leadership to stem Illinois' building insolvency, we are what we elect. Jack Kenesey Palatine ...
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All pensions come out of our pocketsMay 11, 2010 11:00 pm - I am a child, an employee, a mortgage holder, a parent, and a public schoolteacher. I became each of those in that order during my life. I am not young, technically a s...
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Rein in Wall Street gamblersMay 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Why is it that we regulate gambling but fail to control Wall Street? Why can Goldman Sachs, or example, sell "synthetic instruments" and derivatives, whereby they make m...
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Unions drive up cost of teacher pensionsMay 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Your recent Sunday editorial on Springfield's broken promise on pensions makes an important point, but if the key question is accountability, you gave the teacher's unio...
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Enough affordable housing or not?May 10, 2010 11:00 pm - I am happy to hear that the Elgin City Council is proceeding with the ArtSpace project. This creative development will provide subsidized housing for struggling artists ...
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The real cost of gun controlMay 10, 2010 11:00 pm - After hearing the news that consideration was being given to National Guard troops being dispatched to the city of Chicago to quell violence, I wanted to take the opport...
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Union advice must be good, right?May 10, 2010 11:00 pm - I noticed an article in the Daily Herald with the caption "State poised to miss pension payments." Then I recalled two recent conversations with teachers from separate s...