Prospect Heights Opinion
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Douse agency chief who feels burnedDec 03, 2010 12:00 am - Raise your hand if you've lost a job in the last three years. Raise your hand if you've kept your job but took a pay cut, pay freeze or some furlough days in the past th...
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Tax cut backers can't have it both waysDec 02, 2010 10:00 pm - How do those people who want “all” the Bush tax cuts to continue expect to pay for the two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and also aid returning the veterans who will nee...
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Arrogance clouds pension debateDec 02, 2010 10:00 pm - Mr. Urbanek's response to Mr. Fuch's very practical plan to fund pensions is a reflection of the selfishness and arrogance of the leadership in our education community. ...
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Reduce county's lawsuits expensesDec 02, 2010 10:00 pm - According to the recent Daily Herald article, “Cook settles jail ‘hazing' suit for $55 million,” the $55 million settlement in the inmate mass strip-search case will lik...
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Stop the additions to spending billsDec 02, 2010 10:00 pm - A simple rule change would make spending easier to control since everything would be out in the open. That rule: Riders are no longer allowed on any bill passed at any l...
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Dream Act makes senseDec 02, 2010 10:00 pm - The Dream Act is up for consideration in the lame duck Congress. This is a very controversial proposal with the vagarious support of Sen. Dick Durbin. With today's econo...
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Clarification on brain deathDec 02, 2010 10:00 pm - Your article on the “brain-dead” Oquawka, Ill., man who woke up and began talking after surgery for an aortic aneurysm gave the impression that the physicians had declar...
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Money the priority over our healthDec 02, 2010 10:00 pm - Now why would the legislature even consider lifting the smoking ban in the casinos? I know they've suddenly determined that smoking is good for our health! And of cours...
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Added security is worth the scansDec 02, 2010 10:00 pm - To all those who are flying and feel that the TSA is going too far by patting people down or requiring them to go through the new body scanners, quit complaining. If you...
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Thanks for help in PADS driveDec 01, 2010 10:00 pm - On behalf of the Realtors of Baird & Warner, North Randall office in Carpentersville, we thank the generous people of the Elgin area for their overwhelming participation...