Mount Prospect Opinion
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Editorial: Lessons of Libertyville's downtown success storyApr 29, 2014 5:00 am - If Libertyville's story can serve as a model for successful downtown renovations - and we believe it can - then what are some of the key lessons to take from it? Some ob...
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New driving range is driving costs upApr 28, 2014 5:01 am - In your article of April 3, 2014 regarding budget overruns for the renovation of the Mount Prospect Golf course, you failed to recognize the most egregious cause of the ...
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Just disagree and move onApr 27, 2014 5:01 am - I am intolerant, and so are you. Leaving aside race/nationality, gender and handicap, things over which we have no control, almost everyone is intolerant. In fact, I hav...
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Editorial: School nutrition is more than lunchApr 23, 2014 11:00 pm - Two years after the National School Lunch Program made big strides toward providing students with more nutritious food, Northwest Suburban High School District 214 is co...
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Slayings in Kansas stem from lack of understandingApr 20, 2014 5:01 am - The innocent lives taken at the Kansas Jewish community center and senior living facility was a heinous act against mankind - and I'm deeply sorry to the families who lo...
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Unhappy about plan to cut IMRF pensionApr 20, 2014 5:01 am - My response to the Daily Herald investigation and the proposal of state Rep. Deborah Conroy to cut the "13th payment" from IMRF pensions is: Cut my subscription to the D...
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'Diaper derbies' serve only the parentsApr 19, 2014 5:01 am - I am just an old grandma, but I personally fail to see the sense in subjecting tiny crawling infants to those "diaper derbies." The little 10½-month-old girl in last wee...
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Governor's tax plan punishes wrong peopleApr 07, 2014 5:01 am - When Gov. Pat Quinn and his lawmakers in 2011 raised the state income tax to 5 percent, he promised that it would be temporary. Now that he and his cronies face tough re...
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'Too much traffic' at gun ranges a lame excuseApr 06, 2014 5:01 am - So Illinois has finally caught up with the rest of the country and legalized concealed carry. For gun owners to comply with the law, they must pass written courses and s...
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Comity needed to fix education problemsApr 05, 2014 5:01 am - Richard Cohen's March 19 column, "No need to vilify the wealthy who fund these schools," was a retitled syndicated copy of his March 17 Washington Post op-ed, "Illogical...