Des Plaines Opinion
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Parks officials work hard at conferencesMay 18, 2012 5:00 am - After reading your front page article about the park district conference, I have to admit that I’m disappointed — not with my local park district, but with the normally ...
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Rescind cost increases in ElginMay 18, 2012 4:40 am - Our late, beloved Elgin City Council member Marie Yearman can never be replaced, but John Prigge comes close to representing us, so we hope other council members will jo...
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Don’t change Bible to fit your needsMay 17, 2012 10:27 am - I had a few thoughts after reading Ginger Storniolo’s comments (Fence Post, May 12) on Bible translations being so inaccurate that we really can’t know what it says. To ...
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The real issue behind voter IDMay 17, 2012 10:27 am - Regarding Mr. Michael Fredian’s letter of May 5: Sorry, the number of voter fraud convictions has no correlation to the number of frauds successfully perpetrated. I agre...
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Tax exemptions difficult to navigateMay 17, 2012 5:00 am - Cook County’s property tax exemptions are meant to help reduce homeowners property tax burdens, but they are much like Chicago’s weather. Just wait a minute and it will ...
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All faiths must unite against terrorismMay 17, 2012 5:00 am - Sami Hassoun’s anger at the world, perhaps even at the Cubs, could have been overturned had he only followed his daily prescription — face east and prostrate into prayer...
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No more bailoutsMay 17, 2012 4:40 am - No more bailouts ever! If your company made a mistake — too bad. Suck it up and swallow it the same way every American citizen has to. No more taking our Social Security...
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Obama playing politics on Medicare cutsMay 16, 2012 5:00 am - Obamacare cut $500 billion from Medicare, which the president tries to hide. Some $125 billion of that comes from Medicare Advantage, which around 12 million seniors par...
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Start work now on Keystone pipelineMay 16, 2012 5:00 am - We should expand oil production right now for many reasons. India, China and other demands are becoming huge, the gas prices since President Obama took office have incre...
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Near-empty buses wasting our moneyMay 16, 2012 5:00 am - I must comment on the quote by Paula Wolff, Illinois State Toll Highway Authority Chair, in the article by Marni Pyke on April 24. She said, “People have concerns about ...