Prospect Heights Opinion
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Gas price increase already raises taxesAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - On July 1, the first of the month the Daily Herald headline read "Sales tax goes up today." I was a gas station owner and operator for 35 years, so I know when gasoline...
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Giving back in a winning wayAug 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Giving back in a winning way: When Michael Mendel bought a $100 raffle ticket, he was hoping to win big. But not for himself. The St. Charles business owner had other th...
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Prospect Hts. turns deaf ear to residentsJul 27, 2008 11:00 pm - The city of Prospect Heights seems to do as they please and doesn't care what the average citizen wants. We moved to P.H. over 35 years ago because of its country atmosp...
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Rail is long-term answer to road congestionJul 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Our trustees have spent $10,000 of our money to help Barrington and other poorly informed municipalities fight the Canadian National Railway purchase of the EJ&E Railroa...
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Thanks to Kirk for his position on CNJul 20, 2008 11:00 pm - As we read the Daily Herald's recent article on the proposed acquisition of the EJ&E by CN ("Fighting Over Trains," July 13, 2008), we noted that Congressman Mark Kirk h...
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Veto threat blocks Democrats' workJul 16, 2008 11:00 pm - I keep reading letters to the editor complaining about the Democratic-controlled Congress doing nothing about the high price of gas, food and taxes. Granted, the Democr...
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Let's share burden of freight trafficJul 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Thanks to state Reps. Rosemary Mullins and Carolyn Krause for supporting the proposed Canadian National purchase of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway, and also support...
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Saturday Soapbox: Cook CountyJun 27, 2008 11:00 pm - NWCH takes pain out of parking Here's good news for anybody frequenting Northwest Community Hospital and wondering where to put the car -- the new seven-story parking ga...
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Poverty should be made unthinkableJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Richard Kaiser's letter to the Fence Post on Monday was typical of the misguided zealotry often displayed by the right to lifers. Mr. Kaiser offers readers figures fro...
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New Sunday section takes new look at TV, travel, things to doJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Change, we know, is inevitable. Change for the better is imperative. "Not only is everything changing, but everything exists in relationship to something else that is ch...