Mundelein Opinion
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Tickets are hardship for regular folksMay 23, 2013 5:00 am - Recently, I have been thinking about citations and their correlation to generating revenue. Are some tickets issued for the purpose of bringing money to the village? Is...
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Editorial: Wanted: Creative tools to stimulate job growthMay 22, 2013 5:00 am - The list of critical issues facing Illinois is complex and daunting. You can start with pension reform and the mounting state deficit and work your way through medical m...
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Cigarettes not an easy tax sourceMay 19, 2013 5:00 am - As government tries to keep going and possibly to expand service, it needs revenue. However, broadly raising taxes is politically risky, so the slogan is always, “Don’t ...
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Editorial: Expedite federal help for flood victimsMay 07, 2013 9:28 am - The floodwaters are receding and what’s left behind in some communities across the region isn’t pretty. Muck, thousands of used sandbags, soggy carpeting, wet drywall, d...
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Lack of VA leadership hurting veteransMay 03, 2013 5:00 am - Lost in the shuffle of the politicians trying to restrict our constitutional rights, as with gun control, is another highly important issuethat is being ignored — vetera...
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Editorial: A wide and deep gulf in the pension debateApr 28, 2013 5:00 am - There are a few ways to look at the interaction during The Pension Forum we sponsored with Reboot Illinois Thursday night at Harper College in Palatine. We were pleased,...
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The SoapboxApr 20, 2013 7:35 pm - The heartland: We may think we live at a fast pace and don’t either know or care about our neighbors. Then we are reminded we still have hometowns with people who have b...
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New mayor should focus on rebuildingApr 20, 2013 5:00 am - It is my opinion that the mayor of Mundelein should be more concerned with rebuilding Mundelein though small business and not corporations. After all, part of Mundelein...
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Editorial: Do we fight over pensions? Or find solutions?Apr 14, 2013 5:00 am - Last Monday, our Editor John Lampinen announced that the Daily Herald will be co-sponsoring a public forum later this month with Reboot Illinois, a civic-minded digital ...
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Third candidate cost mayoral raceApr 13, 2013 5:00 am - Is Robin Meier’s campaign be to blame for Wally Frasier’s loss in the Mundelein mayoral race? It’s quite possible. They had similar ideas and opinions on the future of ...