Editorials
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A milestone worth celebrating no matter whatJul 19, 2009 11:00 pm - If we were to believe scientist and author Arthur C. Clarke, we would have sent a man to Mars eight years ago and we'd be just a year away from exploring the moons of Ju...
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Police hybrids step in right directionJul 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Municipal leaders all over the suburbs are being challenged by the downturn in the housing market, a screeching halt in auto sales, the frayed nerves of the retail secto...
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Saturday SoapboxJul 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Rep. Biggert, Ms. Independent: While Rep. Mark Kirk of Highland Park has the reputation for bipartisanship, the latest tally by washingtonpost.com's Votes Database shows...
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Good, bad and ugly in the budgetJul 16, 2009 11:00 pm - There is some good news to come out of the budget agreement approved and signed into law late Wednesday. Legislators elected to represent us did seem to hear the message...
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Halt fines until camera laws fixedJul 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Cash cow or safety tool? That's the core of the debate over the installation and use of red-light cameras in the suburbs. Our four-part series Seeing Red revealed that t...
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Monitor closely the coming windfallJul 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Bedford Falls, here we come. We hope. To hear some politicians talk, the recession-weary cities and towns of Illinois are about to be transformed by a $31 billion torren...
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Harry Potter and the teenage driversJul 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Let's just acknowledge right off the bat that Harry, Ron, Hermione and their wand-wielding friends are no sticklers for rules. When last we saw them, the magical trio an...
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Better late than never for BurrisJul 12, 2009 11:00 pm - If only Roland Burris would have taken his own sound advice. "The business of the people of Illinois should always come first," the appointed junior senator from Illinoi...
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The Sears Centre is a valuable assetJul 11, 2009 11:00 pm - The other day, as he talked about the likelihood of the village of Hoffman Estates taking ownership of the Sears Centre, Village President William McLeod clearly appeare...
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Saturday SoapboxJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - End the monopoly: Our sympathies are with the 20 trash haulers who have filed suit against 11 municipalities in Cook and DuPage counties that have locked them out of pic...