Editorials
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Editorial: Illinois’ endless saga of debt and inactionJul 16, 2012 5:00 am - It’s time to take a step back and examine the proverbial Illinois state government forest as well as its individual trees. In the past week or so, we carried a series of...
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Editorial: The broad picture of life in the suburbsJul 15, 2012 5:00 am - Just as there are no communities that are all good, there also are none that are all bad. Like people, communities are mixtures of good and bad, combinations of virtuous...
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The SoapboxJul 14, 2012 5:00 am - No big deal: Some perspective from Anthony “Duff” Hufnagel, 93, of Glen Ellyn. He became the first person in the area to receive a heart replacement valve at Edward Hosp...
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Editorial: Bringing peace, dignity to the dyingJul 13, 2012 11:30 am - Dying is hard enough. Dying of a protracted disease or just wearing out in your old age in a nursing home can be a frightening, bewildering, painful and lonely experienc...
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Editorial: Water district should be dissolvedJul 12, 2012 9:25 am - Even in Illinois, often cited as having the most governmental layers in the nation, places like the Otter Creek Water Reclamation District stand out. The water and sewer...
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Editorial: No room for confidentiality in public dealsJul 09, 2012 6:54 pm - The concern for confidentiality in some employment relationships is understandable, especially when things don’t work out as planned. But when it involves a government j...
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Editorial: Use the new tool to help Cook taxpayersJul 09, 2012 5:00 am - If you’re a Cook County taxpayer, did you spend any time with the 139-page special section county officials put together and inserted into the newspaper recently? It rea...
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Editorial: Duckworth, Walsh and the politics of gotchaJul 08, 2012 5:00 am - Permit us, please, to make this nonpartisan observation about the 8th District Congressional race between Rep. Joe Walsh of McHenry and Tammy Duckworth of Hoffman Estate...
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The SoapboxJul 07, 2012 5:00 am - Lots of money, nothing to show: Illinois received $39 million in grants to prepare to run health insurance exchanges required by the Affordable Care Act. Officials now s...
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Editorial: Fight corruption, yes, but prudentlyJul 06, 2012 5:00 am - We all want something to be done about government corruption. So when a new way to fight is proposed, it easily draws attention. Last week, former Chicago alderman Dick ...