Des Plaines Opinion
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Township areas already ‘desirable’May 23, 2012 11:26 am - I’m all for saving money, but now I read that Cook County government wants to have unincorporated residents pay extra to make their communities “more desirable for munic...
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Voter fraud remains a problemMay 23, 2012 11:26 am - A recent letter writer trotted out some very old and very tired arguments against voter IDs. And, to top off the ridiculous contention of that letter’s author, he attemp...
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Abortion is taking of an innocent lifeMay 23, 2012 11:26 am - This is in response to Ginger Storniolo’s May 12 letter in Fence Post as to abortion being a private affair. In your argument supporting abortion and the decision being ...
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Our gun laws make us vulnerableMay 23, 2012 10:58 am - We are the only state in the nation not to allow concealed carry. In our attempt to be gun safe and restrict the possession and use of guns, we have become the state mos...
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All I do is think about the kidsMay 23, 2012 5:40 am - I would like to share some thoughts with the author of “Our View” printed on the May 16 editorial page. I teach in a Title I school in Elgin Area School District U-46. I...
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Inspect wording of pension amendmentMay 21, 2012 3:08 pm - This fall Illinois voters will have the opportunity to vote on a constitutional amendment that will make it harder for state and local governments to sweeten public empl...
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Constitutional rights not a voting matterMay 21, 2012 3:08 pm - Proving that the “new” South is not a whole lot different from the old, North Carolina became the last former Confederate state to approve a constitutional amendment tha...
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Voter ID only a small inconvenienceMay 21, 2012 3:08 pm - What I find “shameful and un-American” James Prescott (Fence Post, May 10) is your assumption that voter fraud is immaterial; that elections are unaffected by fraudulent...
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Praise for students’ anti-bullying stanceMay 21, 2012 1:15 pm - Students at Hoffman Estates High School appear to have more savvy than the adults in charge (“Hoffman H.S. questions T-shirts’ intent,” May 12 Daily Herald). Standing up...
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Domestic reserves could solve oil problemsMay 21, 2012 1:15 pm - I just found out that something called the “Green River Formation,” which is on mainly unoccupied government land in portions of Utah, Wyoming and Colorado, contains oil...