Des Plaines Opinion
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Why the shift in word usage?Jul 16, 2012 12:23 pm - Have you noticed the recent shift in language describing “illegal immigrants”? Now they seem to be “undocumented.” Is this to be more “politically correct” or to color i...
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Park district needs to halt the cash flowJul 14, 2012 5:00 am - With a current debt load of $33 million, the Mount Prospect Park District is engaged in a quiet, unrestrained spending frenzy. In April, the park distinct approved $600,...
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Credit for the largest tax hike everJul 14, 2012 5:00 am - Right now President Obama and Nancy Pelosi can take credit for the largest tax hike in the nation’s history. But it won’t be presented to the public in this context. I’m...
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The SoapboxJul 14, 2012 5:00 am - No big deal: Some perspective from Anthony “Duff” Hufnagel, 93, of Glen Ellyn. He became the first person in the area to receive a heart replacement valve at Edward Hosp...
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Take advantage of new Harper seriesJul 14, 2012 5:00 am - I would like to thank Linda Hoeck over at Harper College, for her presentation and organizing of the parent orientation to introduce Harper’s new vocational program for ...
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So long, Margaret, and ... thank youJul 14, 2012 5:00 am - On Friday June 8, 2012, students departed local elementary, junior high schools, and high schools to begin a time of “summer vacation.” This is normally a time for teach...
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It’s about a life, not a choiceJul 13, 2012 5:00 am - It appears to us that the real issue involved when discussing “women’s health care” or “social policy” is the killing of an unborn human being. Rationalization about “ch...
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As voters we can control politicsJul 12, 2012 5:00 am - As voters we can control politics I am not anti-union, but political and union negotiations have gone unchecked for too long. Big money is needed for anyone enterin...
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Editorial: Use the new tool to help Cook taxpayersJul 09, 2012 5:00 am - If you’re a Cook County taxpayer, did you spend any time with the 139-page special section county officials put together and inserted into the newspaper recently? It rea...
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Editorial: Duckworth, Walsh and the politics of gotchaJul 08, 2012 5:00 am - Permit us, please, to make this nonpartisan observation about the 8th District Congressional race between Rep. Joe Walsh of McHenry and Tammy Duckworth of Hoffman Estate...