Park Ridge Opinion
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Obama jobs bill is misdirectedOct 29, 2011 6:06 am - It seems President Obama is looking to bypass Congress, which looks to wisely reject his latest jobs bill. Right now, as Obama said in an recent speech, Europe is on the...
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Cantor, tea party promote divisivenessOct 29, 2011 6:06 am - Membership in the tea party means being out of touch with reality. For instance, there’s Eric Cantor, the Republican tea party dandy from Virginia who recently used his ...
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Chicago soaking the suburbs unfairlyOct 29, 2011 6:06 am - The news services are reporting that Chicago Mayor Emanuel’s budget includes a proposed tax increase for water usage for the suburban municipalities that receive water f...
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Setting the record straight on economyOct 29, 2011 6:06 am - Richard Clark’s Oct. 19 letter blaming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for the financial meltdown is pure, unmitigated nonsense. If Mr. Clark had taken the time to inform him...
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Administrative jobs aplenty in Dist. 26Oct 29, 2011 6:00 am - In the Daily Herald article “Survey: District 26 administrators underpaid” on Oct. 13, Cary Elementary District Superintendent Brian Coleman claims that the average sala...
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Don’t believe Perry’s, Cain’s tax plansOct 29, 2011 6:00 am - Herman Cain and Rick Perry say they will address the current “jobs problem” by repealing the entire Internal Revenue Code and replacing it with Cain’s 9-9-9 tax or Perry...
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The SoapboxOct 29, 2011 5:00 am - Bad moves, good move: Gov. Pat Quinn made a calculated political move in removing from the tollway board the one outspoken critic of spending, former Waukegan Mayor Bil...
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No reason to fear collider experimentOct 28, 2011 5:00 am - This is in response to Charles Malvert Jr., who wrote that he fears an accident at the Large Hadron Collider could destroy the earth due to creating faster-than-light pa...
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Teen alternatives to jail good for allOct 28, 2011 5:00 am - It’s not every day that a state legislature working to trim the budget could be making life much better for those on whom we traditionally have spent a lot of money. But...
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Costs should drop in sentencing juvenilesOct 28, 2011 5:00 am - A revision in state law regarding sentencing of juvenile offenders should not burden local officials and likely will result in cost savings for taxpayers. The law descri...