Mount Prospect Opinion
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We have forgotten Christmas meaningDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - We as a nation have forgotten the real meaning of Christmas. Take an evening drive through the suburbs and you will see homes lit up with many lights, Santa Claus and s...
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Here's the reality of a fixed incomeDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - This is for teachers and others concerned about their modestly rising benefit contributions and supposedly insufficient pay. Here is a direct quote from the benefits cen...
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Hannah Montana fad is sickeningDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - I must be the only parent of preteen girls on the planet who is sickened by the Hannah Montana phenomenon. I am not impressed at how Billy Ray Cyrus has chosen to resurr...
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Santa came dressed in nubuck with tickets for BlagojevichesDec 16, 2007 10:00 pm - Because wiretapping is illegal without a court order, we can only imagine the phone call between Gov. Rod Blagojevich and Sen. James DeLeo (D-Ticketmaster). Blagojevich:...
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Research shows teens mature slowlDec 15, 2007 10:00 pm - Two articles about the teenage brain (Daily Herald, Dec. 3) present evidence about how many years it takes for the judgment centers in the teenage brain to mature. This ...
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Great series exposed the sickness insideDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Please read Chapter 10 of the Pulitzer worthy series produced by the Daily Herald and written by Emily Krone. Buy the paper, gives copies to your friends and neighbors, ...
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Report Card results: Good, but familiar problems persistDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - We continue to score a respectable B overall, but the areas in which we fare least well remain the same. It is a source of both encouragement and concern for us that th...
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Peraica counters Stroger budgetDec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - The vitriol and personal attacks that have surrounded the Cook County budget discussions are unfortunate and accomplish little but damage the faith of the taxpayers in o...
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Beavers' race charge unfoundedDec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - How dare Cook County Commissioner William Beavers insinuate the reason the tax hike failed is racially motivated. What infuriates me most is, has Beavers forgotten that ...
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Soapbox: On unsafe groundDec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - O'Hare may have a leg up in the safety game thanks to a new ground radar system, one of only 10 in the nation, but a scathing U.S. General Accounting Office report to Co...