Mount Prospect Opinion
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Disney offers model to reshape our citiesOct 28, 2013 5:00 am - A news article regarding the more than $100 million in grants slated to help Detroit stated that even that staggering amount is not enough. One official stated the need ...
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The SoapboxOct 26, 2013 7:55 am - Beyond complaint: Village boards must think residents show up for public comment only to complain. Not so this week in Arlington Heights. Residents said an exit from Nor...
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Andy Pafko rose above the restOct 26, 2013 5:00 am - No. 48 is gone. It saddened me to read of Andy Pafko’s death. In yet another bygone era of poor baseball, Handy Andy was a star among a host of mediocrities. Andy’s trad...
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Downtown conferences valuable to school boardsOct 24, 2013 5:00 am - I read with interest the article about the cost of suburban school board members attending the annual conferences in Chicago, so I called my brother-in-law for input. He...
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Mt. Prospect walkers have a place againOct 21, 2013 5:00 am - Thanks to Brian Taylor, director of recreation, and the Mount Prospect park board, we now have a free indoor place to walk in Mount Prospect. The hockey rink and gym spa...
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Extremism will return us to Dark AgesOct 21, 2013 5:00 am - First let me state what my mother told me over 50 years ago; “America would never be defeated by a foreign power but could be destroyed from within.” We are coming close...
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What’s fair in D23 is true for citizens, tooOct 21, 2013 5:00 am - As the District 23 teachers ask for a fair contract, don’t we also have to ask what’s a fair wage for the teachers; i.e. how does their current situation compare with th...
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The SoapboxOct 19, 2013 5:00 am - A special homecoming queen, Part 1: We can’t say enough about the seniors at Downers Grove North High School, especially Mary Doro, who nominated her friend Anne Wagner ...
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Double standard seen with murder casesOct 19, 2013 5:00 am - Several days ago an unarmed Army combat veteran, Terry Geike, was murdered by a gang of three thugs. Where is the outcry, the protest marches such as there were followin...
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Congress doing nothing for its constituentsOct 18, 2013 12:00 am - Dear Congress, Guess what. You are fired, and with no severance pay. How does that sound to you? Hurts you in the pocket huh? Just think of the millions people who are g...