Mount Prospect Opinion
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Illinois Lottery people, listen upApr 18, 2010 11:00 pm - To all players of the Lottery: I would buy many more tickets if the machine which sold the tickets would flash "winner" or "loser" as the ticket comes out. If ticket was...
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Don't break up Nature Ridge familyApr 18, 2010 11:00 pm - How does U-46 define a neighborhood? The goal of the 2004 boundary changes was to create neighborhood schools. Nature Ridge in Bartlett has this, along with 120 students...
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You made petition drive successfulApr 18, 2010 11:00 pm - As part of the Bonds on the Ballot group of citizen-moms, we would like to take our hat off to each and everyone of the circulators - all 168 of you. Without your determ...
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Brother thinks toters are great for garbageApr 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Following the "garbage system" discussion about changing our Arlington Heights procedure in the 4/2/10 Herald, my brother, a senior citizen in Hoffman Estates, sent me t...
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Missteps mean this board has got to goApr 18, 2010 11:00 pm - The Wheeling village president and the board have to go. First, they spend millions on a new village hall, police station, maintenance building and fire station. Then th...
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Local firefighters are worth every pennyApr 18, 2010 11:00 pm - We would like to extend a big heartfelt thank you to the Wheeling Fire Department and the many other neighboring fire departments who responded to the condominium fire o...
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Don't cut funding to municipalitiesApr 18, 2010 11:00 pm - As local government leaders, we are extremely aware of the unprecedented fiscal challenges facing our state governments in these times of economic turmoil. The same down...
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Dist. 15 parents willing to sacrifice, is board?Apr 18, 2010 11:00 pm - (Read to the District 15 school board on April 14): It is obvious the fiscal health of our district is seriously ill. It is this board's responsibility to resuscitate ou...
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Let Dist. 15 board do what it was elected to doApr 18, 2010 11:00 pm - This letter is an appeal to the constituents of District 15 to support the board decision reached at the March 10 meeting to authorize a bond issue. I have lived and wor...
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Government has no right to seize carApr 17, 2010 11:00 pm - I have a friend who was recently arrested for driving on a revoked license as a result of a DUI conviction. Well, I thought he would pay the price and may spend a few da...