Park Ridge Opinion
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Corporations indeed need to be reined inNov 12, 2011 5:00 am - I’ve noticed that a lot of talking heads in the news media, such as George Will, like to characterize the Occupy Wall Street protesters as unfocused and “opaque.” Will w...
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Stop the building and pay the billsNov 11, 2011 5:00 am - Call me naive, but shouldn’t we put all new development, like railroads and new highways, on hold until we get our bills paid? We don’t need high speed rail, and we can ...
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Lax enforcement of trade laws hurts U.S.Nov 11, 2011 5:00 am - Whirlpool Corp. has revealed plans to close at least two factories in the United States and to move those operations overseas, costing thousands of hard working American...
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Constitutional boundaries ignoredNov 11, 2011 5:00 am - President Obama has asked the Supreme Court to support what he considers his signature legislation — the socialization of American medicine with Obamacare, which require...
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Kane’s shortcuts showed bad judgmentNov 10, 2011 3:00 am - Regarding Kane computer’s computer system: As one who has been involved with several large scale system implementation in Chicago, I can say that while problems are not ...
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Pension fund will sustain itselfNov 10, 2011 3:00 am - As retired elementary school teachers, with a combined 65 years of service to Illinois schoolchildren, and the parents of a third-year teacher, we are alarmed about Sena...
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Think young, GOP contendersNov 10, 2011 3:00 am - President Obama’s ratings are in the basement right now. If the election were this November he might not get re-elected. The problem is the GOP has come up with eight or...
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Speed cameras a slippery slopeNov 10, 2011 3:00 am - How many lawmakers do you think are receiving big fat checks from companies wanting to get contracts installing speed cameras and red-light cameras? Don’t you think any ...
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The need to boost financial literacyNov 10, 2011 3:00 am - You may have seen the TV ad: A boy walks home carrying an enormous rocket pop, and Dad asks him where his new bike is. The boy sheepishly raises his treat and says, “I t...
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Seventh-grader’s woes with Sears EDANov 10, 2011 3:00 am - We, the students of District 300, know about the issue with the proposed extension of Sears tax breaks. I want to tell you how my school, Algonquin Middle School, ha...