Prospect Heights Opinion
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President can’t have it both waysSep 21, 2011 4:00 am - “Raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure ... Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally ... Washington is shifting the bu...
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Tariffs would limit pollutionSep 20, 2011 5:00 am - That Hultgren and the House Republicans have decided businesses must be allowed to pollute in order to “create” jobs simply proves that they are not competent to govern....
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Protect religious rights in schoolsSep 20, 2011 5:00 am - Christ on campus? It’s OK — really. Our public schools have largely ignored teaching one basic First Amendment right by failing to instruct students of their religious r...
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Compare U.S. budget to a typical family’sSep 20, 2011 5:00 am - Congress sets a federal budget every year in the trillions of dollars. Few people know how much money that is so we’ll illustrate the breakdown of 2011 federal budget in...
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Clarifying some points on pensionsSep 20, 2011 12:00 am - Clarifying some points on pensions I’d like to clarify four points about defined benefit public pensions and the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund in response to t...
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Mt. Prospect grateful for help with school supply driveSep 19, 2011 6:00 am - The community responded very generously to our request for help with school supplies for the children of families in economic need. A total 173 children from 76 families...
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Elk Grove memorial ‘just what we needed’Sep 19, 2011 6:00 am - Last Sunday, thanks to a villagewide mailing from the Elk Grove Baptist Church, my wife and I, who are from another faith, attended their 911 Commemoration Service. A ve...
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Coyotes get bolder in neighborhoodsSep 19, 2011 6:00 am - Throughout the summer we have encountered remains of dead animals killed by coyotes in our yard. This week the victim was a deer. A long procession of blood and entrails...
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Arlington Hts. guilty of overbuilding mallsSep 19, 2011 6:00 am - Being a resident in Arlington Heights for over 30 years I have watched with dismay the village permitting the overbuilding of strip malls when many malls were sitting em...
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Arlington Hts. parking rules meant to catch people unawaresSep 19, 2011 6:00 am - Just one more reason to believe that we as a nation are losing the battle toward fiscal responsibility & fairness. Maybe if I cried “discrimination” you might think twic...