Des Plaines Opinion
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Don’t erect barriers to votingSep 19, 2012 5:00 am - This letter is in response to Rose Nania’s Aug. 28 comment regarding the need for IDs to go about daily life. While it is true that you need an ID to drive, cash a check...
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Glacial pace of Quentin Road work just not acceptableSep 17, 2012 5:00 am - Many of you probably are just as frustrated as I am about the lethargic construction of Quentin Road in Palatine (I think Rome was built quicker). I inquired about the t...
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Couldn’t Randhurst make up difference?Sep 17, 2012 5:00 am - On Friday, Aug. 17, you ran an article about Mount Prospect entertaining the idea of raising the vehicle sticker fee from $36 to $50, raising the gas tax from 2 cents up...
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Mathias position on pensions needs inkSep 17, 2012 5:00 am - I am really disappointed in your coverage of this town hall meeting with Mathias/Braiman/Stolman Aug. 13. The article you released mentioned very little about Representa...
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No need for park district tax hikeSep 17, 2012 5:00 am - The aspect of our elected leaders being cost-conscious is totally lost by projecting costs above current high tax dollars now levied; unfortunately it’s on the national,...
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Tea Party members deserving of respectSep 13, 2012 3:07 pm - I am responding to an Aug. 24 letter from Julie Sass regarding this comment made by Joe Walsh in reference to Muslims: “We would be foolish to ignore the fact that there...
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State justices hold key to the futureSep 13, 2012 3:07 pm - The only way to save the good old USA is for every state to rewrite its laws. And even if that could be accomplished, the lawsuits would come flying from every direction...
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No such thing as ‘law-abiding’ illegalsSep 13, 2012 5:00 am - Please help me out here. Why would columnist Froma Harrop use an obvious oxymoron to describe immigrants as “law-abiding illegal” in her recent article? Froma, you can’t...
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Moylan needed to step aside at gameSep 10, 2012 6:37 am - The Maine West football theme on Friday, Aug. 24 was to honor the veterans. Approximately 50 veterans were asked to line up on the field before the game and were applaud...
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Liberals have their actor-pundits, tooSep 08, 2012 5:00 am - Less than 24 hours after Clint Eastwood spoke at the Republican National Convention, the liberally controlled news media began expressing its mocking and jaded opinions ...