Des Plaines Opinion
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Spending, deficits do indeed matterMar 30, 2013 5:00 am - I wonder if my fellow Americans are aware of the financial threat that we are in. Our president at one time (2006) lambasted the Republican Party for raising the debt by...
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Mt. Prospect, don’t settle for fuzzy mathMar 29, 2013 5:00 am - Status quo for the Mount Prospect village board! This group has worked very well together and got us through the last bad years very well, thank you. These new guys clai...
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Another traffic jam, courtesy of Cook Co.Mar 26, 2013 5:00 am - I would personally like to thank the Cook County Board president and the commissioners for causing more traffic issues on Lake Street in Bloomingdale (DuPage Co.) See, o...
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Sewer/garbage rates not higher, after allMar 26, 2013 5:00 am - A short time ago I wrote a letter about an apparent rate increase to sewer and garbage services in Mt. Prospect. My letter was based on my recent bill and the informatio...
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A summary of our endorsements in Cook County racesMar 25, 2013 5:00 am - Here is a summary of Daily Herald endorsements in Cook County municipal and school board races and local referendums. Municipal races Arlington Heights village pres...
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Keystone would be investment in dirty airMar 23, 2013 5:00 am - I stand with NASA’s leading climate scientist, Dr. James Hansen, who said tar sands development would mean “game over for the climate.” The Keystone XL Project will be c...
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Don’t interfere when two love each otherMar 23, 2013 5:00 am - When parents have a number of children, each is different. When one reveals he or she is gay, loving parents accept and encourage that person to be the best he or she ca...
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The SoapboxMar 23, 2013 5:00 am - Props for Pierotti: How about some props for Dewey Pierotti, who has held down the fort as both president and interim director of the DuPage County Forest Preserve Distr...
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Endorsement: Burk, McGrath, Lee, Owen for Dist. 207 school boardMar 22, 2013 5:00 am - With the hazing scandal at Maine West still dominating conversation, Maine Township High School District 207 is fortunate that two school board members who have been a v...
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Endorsements: Gould, Harrison, Pritzker, McAtee for Wheeling Dist. 21 schoolsMar 21, 2013 5:00 am - Five passionate people are interested in filling four 4-year terms on the Wheeling Elementary District 21 school board. Phil Pritzker, running for his seventh term, alre...