Mount Prospect Opinion
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Dist. 57 challengers should get your voteMar 01, 2009 10:00 pm - The only incumbent running for re-election to District 57's Board of Education, Joann Harms, has not proven herself an effective advocate for children. A good board memb...
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Comment sounds like social engineeringFeb 27, 2009 10:00 pm - Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi recently suggested that contraception play a key role in the next stimulus package. In her words this will "reduce costs" to the states...
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Illinois can't handle a gas tax increaseFeb 25, 2009 10:00 pm - I see the dust hasn't even settled from Rod Blagojevich's sneaky antics and they're already at it. Just what planet does Mike Madigan and his clan live on that they do n...
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It's time to take control of our livesFeb 25, 2009 10:00 pm - The dumbing down of America never ceases to amaze me and will never go away if the American people "don't wake up and hear the birds sing." Unfortunately, our country ha...
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Let's put village money to better useFeb 22, 2009 10:00 pm - Joan Gall's letter in the Feb. 2, 2009 Daily Herald regarding Mount Prospect's $27,000 expenditure for village signs publicizing, "We are the #1 best place to raise chil...
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Time to secede from Cook County?Feb 21, 2009 10:00 pm - Recently, five members of the Illinois General Assembly reached out to Hanover Township Supervisor Mike Kelly and several other township supervisors in Northwest Cook Co...
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Young people give hope for the futureFeb 21, 2009 10:00 pm - "OUSTED" was the headline on Jan. 30. That's certainly appropriate for the day after the governor was removed. What also pleased me, in a different way, was the headline...
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Saturday SoapboxFeb 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Another gauge of road damage: We have another, nonscientific gauge of how badly winter has hurt suburban roads: Daily Herald editors who are road cyclists. As we await s...
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Foes of Obama lack consistencyFeb 20, 2009 10:00 pm - I would like to thank Thomas A. Smith for his letter, which made a great point ... but probably not the one he was getting at. Mr. Smith complains about President Obama ...
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High-paid positions don't sound charitableFeb 19, 2009 10:00 pm - A recent letter to the editor advocated charitable contributions. That followed an article regarding the dismissal of Rod Blagojevich's wife from her $100,000-a-year pos...