Des Plaines Opinion
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Failed leadership in Wisconsin governorMay 06, 2012 5:00 am - An April 18 article about Republican Gov. Scott Walker was headlined, “Suburban business leaders impressed with Wisconsin’s governor.” A few positive comments were made ...
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Let voters have a say on school spendingMay 06, 2012 5:00 am - A simple solution to solving outrageous and wasteful school spending in Illinois: If there are any proposed tax increases by school districts the increase must be approv...
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Whose federal budget ideas do you follow?May 05, 2012 5:00 am - Paul Ryan has stated that his budget was “informed by” the Catholic Church’s “social magisterium” — i.e., its teaching, among other things, “to prevent the poor from sta...
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Failing at what they should do bestMay 05, 2012 5:00 am - First we learn that the Secret Service hired prostitutes and next we hear they used strippers. It would seem the Secret Service can’t keep a secret. Don Klemp Rolling M...
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Politics creeping into comic stripMay 05, 2012 5:00 am - Politics creeping into comic strip There has been a touch of politics in a few comic strips for years to a certain degree. Most notable is Doonesbury. But most stay...
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The SoapboxMay 05, 2012 5:00 am - Secretive police: For weeks, Des Plaines officials have refused to divulge much about charges brought against two police officers. Now, one of them has filed suit agains...
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Fraud argument weak in voter ID lawsMay 05, 2012 5:00 am - The Daily Herald has recently published a number of Fence Post letters on the subject of voter ID laws. Some have argued they are necessary to protect the integrity of o...
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Jackson Jr. not listening on PeotoneMay 05, 2012 5:00 am - Jackson Jr. not listening on Peotone Why does Jesse Jackson Jr. keep pursuing the idea of a third airport in Peotone since the people there and the airlines do not ...
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Double dipping has to endMay 05, 2012 5:00 am - I, like most of my fellow Illinois citizens, do not begrudge teachers and public employees their well-earned pensions. What I do find appalling is the large amounts affo...
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Some ideas for raising revenueMay 04, 2012 5:00 am - Some ideas for raising revenue One of the great things about living in a democratic republic such as we have here in Illinois and in the USA is that we elect others...