Mount Prospect Opinion
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Drivers see but ignore red lightsMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - The editorial in the March 4 Daily Herald says you are reluctant to support the use of red-light cameras. Many of your arguments suggest that the reason folks run red li...
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Quit stalling on Cook County reformsMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - It hardly comes as a surprise to see downstate Republicans waving foam fingers in the air and razzing Cook County for having reached the highest sales tax in the nation,...
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New era brings new balance to two sides of paper's missionMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - In the inner world of a daily newspaper, the "tell the truth" side of the mission and the "make money" side persist in something of a state of uneasy symbiosis. Each sid...
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Kudos to Palatine on sales tax disputeMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Bravo to Palatine's elected officials for voicing their displeasure about the increase in sales tax and for investigating "where's the money going." I wish I lived in ...
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Gender and race shouldn't be factorsMar 11, 2008 11:00 pm - After several readings of Ginger Marcuccelli's letter (Feb. 8), not encouraging, but rather ordering women to vote for Hillary Clinton merely because she is a woman, I a...
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Congress must take on NCAA deceitMar 11, 2008 11:00 pm - "Seriously, college athletics have started to make the pros look like a Mother Teresa clinic on sportsmanship." So writes Mike Imrem in his revealing Feb. 10 column, "B...
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Bush out of touch with price of gasMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - President Bush was speaking at a White House news conference the other day when asked about the possibility of gas going as high as $4 a gallon by the time summer drivin...
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New county tax will suffocate economyMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Last Friday, the taxpayers of this county were dealt a huge blow. Once again, when we had the opportunity to force Cook County government to live within its means, speci...
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No rebate checks to illegal immigrants?Mar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - According to the Daily Herald, language has been put into the rebate check legislation designed to prevent illegal immigrants from getting rebate checks. I'm not the bri...
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Had enough of Gov. Blagojevich?Mar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - I opened my Daily Herald Feb. 27 and once again found that our beloved governor is in the news. I couldn't help but think back to 2006 when the intrepid Rod, forever in...