Park Ridge Opinion
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Cook County’s use tax is entirely bogusFeb 27, 2013 4:00 am - Has anyone else in Cook County been slapped with the Non-Retailer Use Tax? In August 2012, I purchased a 1994 Yamaha motorcycle from a private party. I went to the Secre...
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Editorial: Collaboration that adds up to student successFeb 15, 2013 4:00 am - “How will knowing how to solve algebraic equations help me get a job?” That’s a familiar question to many parents of teenagers (and to math teachers, no doubt), especial...
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Bike overpass not Elk Grove’s job to doFeb 14, 2013 4:00 am - Why is Elk Grove Village looking to spend our tax dollars to build a bicycle overpass at Route 53 and Higgins Road? This is under the sole jurisdiction and responsibilit...
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Cupcakes, Cookies & Coffee for CollegeFeb 05, 2013 4:00 am - Join us for an incredible event called Cupcakes, Cookies and Coffee for College — an event to raise money for Harper College Education Foundation scholarships, benefitin...
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Editorial: Let’s eliminate local electoral boardsFeb 04, 2013 4:00 am - Today, the electoral boards in Island Lake will meet — again — to determine if mayoral candidate Charles Amrich and trustee candidate Tony Sciarrone will be on the April...
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The SoapboxJan 19, 2013 4:00 am - Requiring responsibility: A proposed Cook County Board ordinance would fine people who fail to report if their firearms are lost, stolen or sold. Too often, guns bought...
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Comparing Obama to Lincoln is ludicrousJan 17, 2013 4:00 am - Barack Obama has been compared to Abraham Lincoln. Really? Lincoln’s address to the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society in 1859 should put that notion to rest: “The pru...
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Editorial: Take flu precautions for yourself, othersJan 07, 2013 4:00 am - Gesundheit! Now go home. Yes, and get some rest and drink plenty of fluids. And if you aren’t sneezing or coughing yet, your lungs and nasal passages clogged with conges...
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The SoapboxJan 05, 2013 4:00 am - Just walk the extra steps: Pretending to be disabled to get a good parking spot is pretty low, but it’s rampant enough that a new state law cracks down on using the disa...
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Craft Illinois’ gun laws carefullyDec 22, 2012 4:00 am - The state of Illinois has 180 days to craft legislation and make it law that only those who qualify can own and carry a fully loaded, 16-shot automatic firearm. We can o...