Des Plaines Opinion
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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...
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The SoapboxDec 01, 2012 4:00 am - Sleeping in a box: About 27 students — some who have not known hunger themselves — now have an idea of what it’s like to be homeless. The group camped out for a night on...
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Let the fiscal cliff happenNov 29, 2012 4:00 am - I have already gone over the fiscal cliff — a 15 percent increase in medical insurance premiums the last two years, another big hit in my retirement portfolio, inflation...
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Election: Consider what our mayors have doneNov 28, 2012 4:00 am - Arlene Mulder will be stepping down next spring as village president of Arlington Heights after a tenure of 2 decades and many more years in public service beyond that. ...
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Keep focus on jobs, fiscal crisisNov 27, 2012 4:00 am - As a new subscriber, reading Susan Estrich’s Nov. 15 column, “The mandate to raise taxes on so-called rich,” gave me a frisson of schadenfreude. She voted for President ...
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Editorial: Hazing culture needs to be excisedNov 27, 2012 4:00 am - Maine West High School has a problem. And we urge school officials to deal with it — openly and without equivocation. That’s easier said than done. School officials and ...
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Editorial: The fundamental problems of holding dual officesNov 26, 2012 4:00 am - Although we have differences with some of state Sen. Terry Link’s positions, we decided that his background and leadership merited our endorsement in the election just p...