Editorials
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Prom time is best time to be real parentApr 25, 2012 6:46 am - Prom these days isn’t the same as it was 30 or more years ago, when it was generally sufficient to sidle up to a prospective date at her locker and ask her out. If you w...
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An arrest with special message on DUIApr 24, 2012 9:17 am - The recent arrest of Grayslake Police Chief Matthew McCutcheon on drunken driving-related charges underscores a disturbing notion. Not just that a top cop would be charg...
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A prescription for saving our fiscal health?Apr 23, 2012 5:00 am - Gov. Pat Quinn did last week what his bipartisan working group of legislators and others could not: He outlined a plan to cut $2.7 billion from the state's Medicaid budg...
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Editorial: Quinn shows courage on pension reformApr 22, 2012 5:00 am - Before we say anything else, let’s say this: Gov. Pat Quinn deserves some credit for resolve and political courage. He has offered a pension reform proposal that is deta...
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The SoapboxApr 21, 2012 5:00 am - Hey! What happened to that balmy, early spring weather we’ve come to love — and expect? Al fresco in Lombard: Lombard’s long-running challenge has been to revitalize its...
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Non-profits wise to rely less on governmentApr 20, 2012 5:00 am - In the past few years, with the state's budget in a shambles, its payments to school districts and others in arrears and largely written off, often the last in line to r...
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Don’t let election block tough issuesApr 18, 2012 6:32 pm - They say trouble comes in threes. And the Illinois legislature is dealing with trouble aplenty as it opens the spring legislative session facing substantial challenges f...
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A reminder on words and respectApr 18, 2012 5:00 am - Words, we know, are powerful. Some are so formidable that polite people can abide no more of them than their first letter. In a few cases, they carry such force that the...
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ComEd outage centers a good stepApr 17, 2012 10:52 am - Weather had been the Chicago area’s friend for many weeks. But the weekend storms should serve as a warning — wind and rain can wreak havoc on the power grid as we have ...
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Stop the pension penalty insanityApr 16, 2012 9:05 am - Since 2005, suburban school board members have known that if they gave employees raises of more than six percent a year, it would cost their taxpayers in penalties. A la...