Des Plaines Opinion
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Driver’s license proposal unfairDec 13, 2012 4:00 am - Giving driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants is like giving up and saying, “OK, you win in the battle against illegal immigration.” I mean, how are you going to know w...
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Editorial: Key lesson of scandals: Hazing is never acceptableDec 12, 2012 8:45 am - As a brief history of hazing examples published in Monday’s Daily Herald shows, incidents of hazing like those at Maine West and Hoffman Estates high schools are neither...
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Time to rethink parking at ECCDec 11, 2012 4:00 am - The parking lot at Elgin Community College needs to be improved. Students speed through it recklessly, traffic gets backed up because there are only a few exits, and stu...
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Henrickson inspired others’ creativityDec 08, 2012 4:00 am - I was deeply saddened to learn of the recent passing of longtime Des Plaines resident and Daily Herald cartoonist Art Henrikson, who contributed so many cartoons to the ...
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Village to blame for failure of parks refDec 07, 2012 4:00 am - I really wanted to vote for the parks referendum, and I’m sure many of my neighbors did, too. I know the parks need new and improved facilities, and so do you, but here’...
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Autism society grants are availableDec 07, 2012 4:00 am - To all parents with special needs young adults and especially adults with autism, Harper College in Palatine, through their Continuing Education department, will be offe...
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Couple grateful to Rupley SchoolDec 07, 2012 4:00 am - A note of thanks to Rupley School of Elk Grove Village and especially to Principal Matt Boherer, custodian Toni Andeuch and teachers Nicola Avena and Chris Baldini. On E...
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Mayor misses the point behind displayDec 07, 2012 4:00 am - I read in the Nov. 27 Daily Herald that Arlington Heights Village President Arlene Mulder said, “The intent has always been to be inclusive. The display (at North School...
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Respond peacefully to anti-Islam adsDec 01, 2012 4:00 am - Pamela Geller has tactlessly taken constitutionally protected “free speech” to a whole new level of offense. She has put thousands of dollars into ads offensive toward m...
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Planned Parenthood support about moneyDec 01, 2012 4:00 am - Thanks to Arlene Sawicki for her letter of Nov. 13 concerning Planned Parenthood, its goals and its practices. I might add that Cecile Richards, head of Planned Parentho...