Park Ridge Opinion
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Let the ball courts be silent this seasonNov 24, 2011 2:00 am - Let me ask, do you miss the NBA season so far? Does it concern you that it looks like the NBA 2011-2012 season will not happen due to greed from both sides of the aisle?...
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Several factors offset pension liabilityNov 23, 2011 5:00 am - Mike Riopell’s article titled “Do pension ads tell the real story?” was enlightening. However, like every article written about the Illinois pension problem, it misses a...
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State’s paying plenty into pensionsNov 23, 2011 5:00 am - With all the rhetoric regarding the state of Illinois not paying its fair amount toward its public pension obligations, I decided I would have a look at the numbers myse...
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Include service record in obitsNov 23, 2011 5:00 am - I am a habitual reader of the obituaries and have noticed that, like many others, we are losing our veterans at an appalling rate. Veterans of Word War II, Korea and Vie...
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Elgin council doesn’t understandNov 22, 2011 4:00 am - Taxes on top of taxes. It seems that Elgin City Council members are determined to raise new taxes because, after all, other municipalities have more taxes. Perhaps the c...
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Good pay attracts good teachersNov 22, 2011 4:00 am - Thank you for putting a front-page article in the paper highlighting teacher salaries. A little over 20 years ago, such an article caught my eye and attracted me to the ...
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Keep opportunity for poor a priorityNov 22, 2011 4:00 am - As the supercommittee faces this week’s deadline to eliminate a $1.5 trillion deficit over the next 10 years, we want to ensure that the programs that protect the sick a...
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With property taxes, I can’t win for losingNov 21, 2011 4:00 am - Like many other frustrated taxpayers, I went to the Wheeling (Twp.) Assessor’s office to find out just how my homeowner exemption was computed as it was cut $1,600 and m...
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Bauer Foundation given incredible giftNov 21, 2011 4:00 am - As you may have heard, ENCORE! was crowned champion in the 2011 “Sing!” competition. Encore, which is celebrating its 15th anniversary, is the traveling performing ensem...
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VFW post deeply grateful to Mike KellyNov 21, 2011 4:00 am - All I know in the matter of lawyer and Mayor Mike Kelly is that he was reported to be late paying his property tax installments. Truth is, if those taxes go much higher ...