Des Plaines Opinion
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Editorial: An eye on the future of suburban housingFeb 27, 2013 9:17 am - Where are you going to live when you retire? Where are your kids going to live when they get out of college with a boatload of debt on their backs? For that matter, wher...
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Cook County’s use tax is entirely bogusFeb 27, 2013 4:00 am - Has anyone else in Cook County been slapped with the Non-Retailer Use Tax? In August 2012, I purchased a 1994 Yamaha motorcycle from a private party. I went to the Secre...
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Harper program shows high schools’ failingsFeb 27, 2013 4:00 am - The Harper College and feeder high school success touted in your Feb. 15 editorial raises more questions than it answers. Where are the changes to curriculum, teaching a...
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Overspending starts with salt trucksFeb 25, 2013 4:00 am - Why is it that a salt truck goes down the street, followed by three plows, the last two producing sparks on the now snowless street, to clear 2 inches of snow? The...
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Celebrate diversity among all humansFeb 22, 2013 4:00 am - Black History Month holds a special meaning for me. It not only defines equality for African-Americans, but it also universally welcomes cultural diversity. As American ...
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Walsh lives what he preachesFeb 22, 2013 4:00 am - Here we go again with the smears against Joe Walsh I know Joe and did some work on his last campaign. From what I saw, he is nothing more than an honorable, honest, hard...
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Sip of water doesn’t deserve criticismFeb 21, 2013 4:00 am - Regarding Sen. Marco Rubio’s response to President Obama’s State of the Union address. I find it distasteful that the mainstream media in conjunction with the Democratic...
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Good first steps in SchaumburgFeb 21, 2013 4:00 am - Solving a tough police case takes time, patience and the hard work of following a lot of leads and attending to many details. Solving the crisis of confidence that arise...
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Leaders going against their religionFeb 19, 2013 4:00 am - Once again I am overwhelmed by the hypocrisy of our legislators — Pat Quinn, Michael Madigan, John Cullerton and more. All good Irish Catholic boys, probably even altar ...
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Letter to the Editor from the League of Women Voters, GlenviewFeb 16, 2013 10:00 pm - Dear Editor: The League of Women Voters of the United States believes that the proliferation of semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity ammo clips is a major he...