Des Plaines Opinion
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Proud to have an electric ‘Obamamobile’Jun 05, 2013 5:00 am - I would like to respond to a letter stating that President Obama is forcing Americans to buy electric vehicles. His hypothesis is wrong on so many levels its humorous. I...
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Des Plaines drive breaks own recordJun 03, 2013 5:00 am - On behalf of our many neighbors in need who are served by the Self-Help Closet & Pantry of Des Plaines, I would like to thank the Des Plaines community for your tremendo...
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Evaluation needed if speed bill OK’dJun 03, 2013 5:00 am - Senate Bill 2356 as amended essentially raises the speed limit of cars and trucks on the rural Illinois interstate highway system to 70 miles per hour and has been sent ...
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When Life Doesn't Work out the Way You Want: Create Plan BJun 02, 2013 11:00 pm - "Life is All About How you Handle Plan B Plan A is always my first choice. You know, the one where Everything works out to be Happily ever-after. But more often tha...
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Keep teachers’ own views out of classroomJun 02, 2013 5:00 am - It’s that time of year when I think about my own graduation from college many years ago. It was a time I learned that to survive in academia as a student, you had to bec...
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Editorial: A chance to nurture political voices of teensMay 30, 2013 5:00 am - Life handed Charlie Kirk a lemon in the form of a rejection letter to the Military Academy at West Point, abruptly ending his long-held dream. Instead of feeling sorry f...
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Mayor: County must help homeownersMay 29, 2013 5:00 am - Many suburban Cook County taxpayers have experienced massive property tax increases over the past few years. Despite falling prices in the real estate market, residentia...
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The SoapboxMay 25, 2013 5:00 am - What’s a chaparral? It’s the formal name for a roadrunner, silly. The bird, no doubt best known through its cartoon character, is not common to Illinois. It also has bee...
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Promoting business will ease our debtsMay 24, 2013 5:00 am - Here’s a thought or two: Our former mayor of Chicago leaves a 75-year legacy of outrageous parking meter rates for our next two generations created to solve a short-term...
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Editorial: Endangered animals are needed for our health, well-beingMay 24, 2013 5:00 am - Sometimes the fate of the smallest critters creates the biggest controversies. Remember the snail darter? The tiny fish that you could fit in the palm of your hand lived...