Letters to the Editor Urge Chicago Heights Tax Focus
A reader addresses homeowners and businesses about real estate taxes and the city’s future. She lists local shelters and groups, questions the city’s direction, praises the police department, and urges civic participation. She cites high local tax rates, contrasts with northern suburbs, and mentions past political frictions and plans to appeal a local electoral board decision.
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Chicago Heights
Salvation Army
Aunt Martha’s
Heights
Municipal Building
Mary Ann Jankowski
Time to file notes on Crete-Monee district tax hike debate
A community letter urges public involvement in Crete-Monee School District 2010 financing. It criticizes a 32 percent tax increase over three years, calls for open talks with civic groups, monthly school board columns, and stronger Springfield lobbying. The author recounts past petitions and political battles in Chicago Heights.
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Crete-Monee
Springfield
Tax Policy Forum Urges Action on Cook County Property Tax Reform
Palos Heights Mayor Dean Koldenhoven thanks a letter published in the Jan 14 Star and supports the Tax Policy Forum recommendations. The report stresses reducing dependence on property taxes across Cook County and Illinois, with heavy impact on South Suburbs like Markham, Chicago Heights, Park Forest, and Harvey. State lawmakers Rep Maggie Crotty and Sen Chris Radogno served on the forum. The mayor plans to unveil an action plan in coming weeks, with some steps immediate and others requiring further work at county and state levels. The South Suburbs economic future hinges on meaningful reform.
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Palos Heights
Dean Koldenhoven
Tax Policy Forum
Cook County
Illinois
Koldenhoven
Markham
Chicago Heights
Park Forest
Harvey
Will County
Southland
Maggie Crotty
Chris Radogno
General Assembly
Letter to the Editor critiques Paleologos on Clinton impeachment
The writer rebuts Mary Paleologos about the Clinton impeachment, noting an independent counsel’s report and constitutional process. They defend Newt Gingrich’s resignation as party driven, say accusers remained firm, and label the analogy to It's a Wonderful Life as inaccurate, urging caution in political commentary.
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Mary Paleologos
Star
Paleologos
Congress
Clinton
House of Representatives
Newt Gingrich
House
Newt
Bill Clinton
Senate
David Baldacci
Peop
A Jordan
Hacienda controversy shapes Chicago Heights mayoral race
Thomas "T J" Somer, candidate for mayor, cites the Robert Taylor home relocation to the Hacienda Inn as a crisis of transparency and political influence. He questions prior notice, potential linking to CHA and park board interests, and calls for accountability regarding temporary housing duration and city autonomy.
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Chicago Heights
Robert Taylor
Cook County
Ciambrone
CHA
Park Board
Chicago
CEDA
City Hall
Thomas
T.J.” Somer
Flynt rises as Starrs sex inquiry reshapes Washington
Ken Starr’s probe into President Clinton’s sex life is portrayed as elevating Larry Flynt, legitimizing him to probe others’ private lives. The column argues Flynt has amassed thousands of claimed illicit encounters, earned media prominence, and could become a kingmaker, challenging hypocrisy in Washington while Starr’s methods empower him.
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Copley
Ken Starr
Larry Flynt
Starr
Clinton
Flynt
Washington
Joe McCarthy
House
Senate
State Department
Rep
Bob Barr
Georgia
Bob Livingston
Larry Flynted
Livingston
McCarthy
CIA
FBI
Congress
Hustler Magazine
Jane Austen
42Nd Street
New York
Pssst
Henry Hyde
Texas
Joseph Paul Franklin
Missouri
Vernon Jordan
Jordan
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Fshuftan
Interaccess
Margaret Seltzner
Seltzner
Dennis R. Wheeler
Dwheel
Joanne Zerkel
Jzerkel
General Newsroom
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