Editorials
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Hanover Park must subdue violenceJun 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Like Mayor Rodney Craig, we are rapidly running out of words to react to the recent rash of violence in Hanover Park. Are three murder cases in the space of a week evide...
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Creative ideas can fill empty storesJun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Out of the same recession that has buckled the knees of the retail industry and led to several store closings throughout the suburbs comes word of a rebirth of sorts. Af...
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Fines seem to work where logic failsJun 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Consider yourselves warned. They can be lurking in white vans, parked around a bend or tucked behind the tollbooth ready to jump out at anytime. There are more ways to...
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The things we, as neighbors, can do to helpJun 06, 2009 11:00 pm - In the most tragic of times, amid an almost unbearable grief, Jennifer Murphy Cazares paradoxically talked last week of blessings. Overwhelmed by an outpouring of suppor...
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Saturday SoapboxJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Never forget: Today is the 65th anniversary of D-Day when Allied Troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, France where they encountered heavy resistance and suffered de...
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Nepotism isn't 'in the best interest'Jun 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Some of the antics out of Springfield and Chicago through the years have clearly dismayed us. But a little town nestled in the Northwest suburbs may have just raised the...
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Reform: How your elected officials didJun 03, 2009 11:00 pm - We've said we'll watch to see if real advances were achieved in fixing our poisonous state politics. Some progress was made, but our fears also were realized: Some key ...
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The tenuous balance in owning GMJun 02, 2009 11:00 pm - For ages, people have been crying out for government to operate more like a business. Now, it appears, federal officials will get some inside experience in what that mea...
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Time runs out on some tough issuesJun 01, 2009 11:00 pm - "I hope you all have a great summer." Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan bid his colleagues farewell with those words very early Monday morning as the legislature ad...
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Local debates needed on video pokerMay 31, 2009 11:00 pm - Are video poker machines the "crack cocaine" of gambling? Or will legalizing them help to regulate them and to gain needed money for state construction projects? Unfortu...