Prospect Heights Opinion
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Rally for Social Security on Dec. 5Nov 21, 2013 10:00 pm - On Thursday, Dec. 5, at 11:30 a.m. at 230 S. Dearborn, Chicago, citizens from all over Metro-Chicago will be gathering to show our support for this integral part of Amer...
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Editorial: Cameras in court working despite fearsNov 20, 2013 4:00 am - When evaluating an experiment, it’s good practice to actually participate in what is being tested. First hand knowledge is key. So we are a little puzzled by the complai...
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Just return excess money to taxpayersNov 19, 2013 4:30 am - The reserves are taxpayer funds held in trust by the district. It’s not the school’s money. The ethical and honest thing to do is to rebate the excess cash back to the o...
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Kennedy was a symbol for young AmericansNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - On Nov. 22, 1963, ironically, I was teaching American history at St. Mark’s School in Chicago, and it was playing out before us. The other male teacher (at the time, nun...
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Editorial: Actions must align with forest preserve missionNov 15, 2013 4:00 am - A new report takes Kane County Forest Preserve officials to task for decisions in recent years that the authors claim stray from the district’s core mission to preserve ...
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Halloween fun fair another big successNov 04, 2013 5:00 am - Wheeling Township’s annual Halloween Fun Fair Make A Difference Day held on Saturday, Oct. 26 at Riley School was a fun-filled day for over 150 children with special nee...
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Papers do fine job reporting the factsNov 02, 2013 5:00 am - I must respond to the Oct. 16 letter from Mr. Wayne Oras, who distrusts all media probably because he doesn’t agree with what the reporters report. True, at one time the...
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Collaboration helped bring about water ordinanceOct 31, 2013 5:00 am - Recently the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the Cook County Watershed Management Ordinance (WMO...
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No consistency in defunding of lawsOct 29, 2013 5:00 am - In 2006, President George W. Bush signed a “law” to build a double-layered fence on 700 miles of the U.S. border with Mexico. The Democrats didn’t like it and defunded t...
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Cohen’s arguments in column fall apartOct 21, 2013 5:00 am - Richard Cohen’s Oct. 2 column would be so fatuous as to provoke laughter if it weren’t so mendacious in its “facts.” Cohen says, “McCarthyism consisted of slippery truth...