DeBat wrong to blame Reagan for interest rates

Letter to the editor

04/20/2011

In the April 14th issue Mr. Don DeBat wrote, “Inflation was rampant and housing again hit the skids when Reaganomics pushed mortgage rates to 18 percent in 1981 and a deep housing recession followed.”
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Thanks, Wabash Tap

Letter to the editor

04/13/2011

We are grateful to Bonnie McGrath for her coverage of our Misericordia fundraising event in the April 7 issue. Our family, along with the Burke and Cornell families from the South Loop, hosted the event, and could not have raised the over $1,200 we collected without the generosity and hospitality of Wabash Tap at 1233 South Wabash.
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Let's clean Chicago's air

Letter to the editor

04/06/2011

Diesel exhaust is one of our city’s worst sources of toxic air pollution. The pollution from diesel construction equipment and vehicles is a major threat to the public’s health, known to trigger asthma attacks, heart attacks, lung cancer, and even premature death.
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Furry friends will miss her

Letter to the editor

03/30/2011

"So, how are the girls?" Mary asked after her treasured charges. Stella and Pie were the subjects of Mary’s inquiry and in their own way may wonder whatever happened to the nice lady who sometimes combed them, cooed to them and cared for them, but the human residents who share their home will cherish her memory and mourn her passing.
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Solis a proven leader in 25th Ward

Letter to the editor

03/09/2011

On April 5, the 25th Ward will have the opportunity to select a progressive leader in education and re-elect Alderman Danny Solis. As a former educator and alderman for the last 15 years, Danny’s approach is more sophisticated than just “listening to the teacher’s union.”
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Schools need to represent community

01/26/2011

The University Village Association organized a community effort seventeen months ago to address the issue of a lack of access in our community to quality public education in a socioeconomically diverse learning environment. Aldermen Danny Solis and Bob Fioretti have worked diligently on education issues in their wards. We have worked closely with both of them to determine how to improve all of the schools here and to increase access to education.
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Shovel those walks, or else

01/05/2011

Having been in Brooklyn and Manhattan during the great Boxing Day dump of 2010, I saw two major differences between NYC and Chicago. First, Chicago plows better and sooner despite NYC sanitation trucks morphing into snow plows at the fall of a flurry.
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Community left out of school inequity issue

11/17/2010

As this week’s Chicago Journal goes to print, the Chicago Board of Education may be voting on a recommendation by outgoing CEO Ron Huberman to expand Andrew Jackson Language Academy (Jackson) into the unused Jefferson school building on West Fillmore.
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Keep chambers

11/03/2010

Budgets are tight across the board. From municipalities and cities to corporations and non-profits, economic recovery is slow. Businesses from Halsted Street to State Street are in need of support.
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CTA should clean emissions

11/03/2010

Recently, it was announced that Chicago Transit Authority will receive $2.2 million in funding through the Department of Transportation’s TIGGER II and Clean Fuels grant programs. CTA plans to purchase two new all-electric, battery-powered buses.
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