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• On the article Daily PatchCast: Gun And Ammunition Seized, Rally Over Planned Parenthood Funding, Loyola Health Center Open

  

  

  Brendan Purkapile

  9:49 am on Wednesday, March 9, 2011

  This is Patch, they cover towns not the nation. Your perspective is one sided and stinks of partisan politics. Keep your propaganda to a minimum.

• On the article Will The Last Customer Please Shut The Door?

  

  

  Brendan Purkapile

  9:59 am on Thursday, March 3, 2011

  Government workers are not to blame, stop scapegoating them... Your numbers are not verifiable either. The problem is that Cook county has been mismanaged for dozens of years. The population of Cook county is dropping as well, meaning less property taxes and sales tax. The other fact is that an economic downturn disrupts the flow of taxes to government creating a problem in a bad economy. The root of all of our government's budget problems were taxes that were far too low in the good years, leaving us no rainy day fund in the bad years. The government has a right to tax you as they provide security so that someone doesn't just take your property by force. Everyone hates taxes, but really our tax levels are some of the lowest in the industrial world. Another thing that you don't mention is that there are so many loopholes of write offs that many individuals and corporations effectively don't pay their share of taxes.

• On the article Recoveries Often Ruined By Lack Of 'Ingredients'

  

  Brendan Purkapile

  10:17 am on Monday, February 28, 2011

  Fuel prices hit suburbs hard, as it is pretty much required to drive everywhere. This also means that people are less likely to drive to multiple destinations, and start to consolidate their trips by going to "one stop shopping centers." In times of ever increasing fuel prices it makes sense to reconsider the costs of the personal car. Local governments should be thinking of ways to minimize the costs to get around their business centers. La Grange is lucky to have 2 Metra stops and Pace in the area. The village should be given credit for a walkable downtown that is a destination.

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• On the announcement 18th Annual Valentine's Day Couples/Singles Dance for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Feb. 12

  

  Brendan Purkapile

  12:24 pm on Thursday, January 27, 2011

  I visited the site, and it sounds like the person who created it is schizophrenic, its just a rambling mess.

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