Mount Prospect Opinion
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Tired of heavy truck trafficJul 02, 2009 11:00 pm - I live in Elgin off Route 25. Day in, day out, big rig haulers have made a habit of using Route 25 as their "main drag." Liberty Street in Elgin is completely residentia...
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Reduce government to save moneyJul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - As usual, I read the Daily Herald as I do each morning. I was particularly attracted to "An Obvious Place to Begin Cutting" on the June 18 Opinion page. I used to do a s...
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A promise kept helps other victimsJun 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Strength, hope and power. These are words Harper College students used to empower themselves in the fight against sexual violence. They also are words that can be used t...
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The Obama mania must come to an endJun 26, 2009 11:00 pm - This incompetent man who presently occupies the office of the presidency is without a doubt the most undignified, dishonest, arrogant person to have ever been elected Pr...
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Some good advice for the CubsJun 26, 2009 11:00 pm - 10 Things The Cubs Must Do 1. Get young players that want to make big money! Not players that have big money. 2. Tear down the upper deck, it's falling down anyhow. 3. Q...
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Mistakes by doctors a cause of deathJun 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Recently, Dr. James Webster wrote a letter to the Fencepost. His thesis was so flawed that to be categorized as ridiculous would be kind. Dr. Webster fails to report tha...
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Same old politics plague IllinoisJun 25, 2009 11:00 pm - All financial solutions are phrased as the ever popular and politically correct, "cuts need to be made!" (Cuts, in whose district? Every citizen would approve any cut th...
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In light of murder, is it really pro-life?Jun 25, 2009 11:00 pm - In his Fence Post letter last Saturday entitled "Choice of words shows bias in media", Ed Smetana raises a valid point. The media should depict both sides of the abortio...
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Don't govern by convenienceJun 25, 2009 11:00 pm - I was struck by a paraphrase of our fill-in Governor Quinn. He states in part that "As long as I'm governor, we're not going to have a convenient approach to the budget...
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Gay rights is not a civil rights issueJun 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Ms. Jedlinski, in her letter of June 7, is totally wrong in the idea that gay and lesbian behavior is a civil rights issue. It is not. Gays and lesbians have the same r...