Park Ridge Opinion
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Enact disincentives against red meatMay 08, 2012 5:00 am - Gov. Pat Quinn has proposed a cigarette tax hike and linked it to health benefits. He said, “We’ve got to use our heads here. We ought to use this strategy to get revenu...
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Class warfare already alive and wellMay 08, 2012 5:00 am - Let’s see if I understand the thinking of my Republican-Tea Party friends. If we extend the low interest rates on loans to students — who, by the way, need them because ...
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Casino proposal would cheat taxpayersMay 07, 2012 5:00 am - As mayor of Des Plaines, I am deeply concerned about a troubling proposal from the state’s horse racing industry that would more than double casino gaming locations. It ...
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Politics cannot get in way of reformsMay 07, 2012 5:00 am - It’s time for politicians to sit down and statesmen to stand up. Opinions seem to be finally changing in Springfield — I see leadership moving in a positive direction to...
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Budget cuts taking life out of CenterMay 07, 2012 5:00 am - In the last two years the Center of Concern has endured a 20 percent reduction in city funding. Last year we were granted $49,500 and although that appears to be a small...
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Deer disease grows with deer populationMay 07, 2012 5:00 am - Some critical information was missing from “Conversation on deer culling” (Fence Post, April 25). The Illinois Department of Natural Resources’ chronic wasting disease (...
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Switch to rants on topics that matterMay 06, 2012 5:00 am - While the nation roils, far-left gadfly Eugene Robinson continues to saw away on his one-string fiddle. The same old screeching, fingernails on the blackboard rant. The...
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Failed leadership in Wisconsin governorMay 06, 2012 5:00 am - An April 18 article about Republican Gov. Scott Walker was headlined, “Suburban business leaders impressed with Wisconsin’s governor.” A few positive comments were made ...
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Let voters have a say on school spendingMay 06, 2012 5:00 am - A simple solution to solving outrageous and wasteful school spending in Illinois: If there are any proposed tax increases by school districts the increase must be approv...
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Whose federal budget ideas do you follow?May 05, 2012 5:00 am - Paul Ryan has stated that his budget was “informed by” the Catholic Church’s “social magisterium” — i.e., its teaching, among other things, “to prevent the poor from sta...