Des Plaines Opinion
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As is, Medicare will bankrupt AmericaDec 20, 2011 5:00 am - My last letter was about the AARP and how they were misleading people into thinking that no changes were needed to Medicare and Social Security. As I said, people on Med...
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Oakton St. impassible during rush hourDec 19, 2011 4:00 am - I’d like to pass on “jeers” to Des Plaines. They have made it impossible to get through their town during rush hours on Oakton Street, between River Road and the Metra t...
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School districts wrong to increase leviesDec 19, 2011 4:00 am - Tis the season. The season for approving school district tax levies, that is. And the news on that front from several suburban school districts is disappointing. On the ...
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Suburbs filled with symphony orchestrasDec 19, 2011 4:00 am - I’ve been a Daily Herald subscriber since about 1984. I admire it greatly and never fail to read the Opinion page. In the Nov. 25 editorial, “Arts exist to lift spirits,...
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Does no one inspect finished roadwork?Dec 19, 2011 4:00 am - Two weeks ago, Old Buffalo Grove Road was repaved between Hintz Road and Buffalo Grove Road. It’s a little stretch of road, probably no more than 1/3 of a mile, that was...
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Could the events of 1929 revisit us?Dec 19, 2011 4:00 am - Now that another season of economic ups and downs is over, one wonders if the world is moving toward another economic and political disaster like the one in 1929. Not on...
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Smaller districts may be the answerDec 19, 2011 4:00 am - Your Dec. 11 editorial was right on (“A formula to end Illinois’ corruption”). What you didn’t say is how we get more democracy. The problem in Illinois is the size of t...
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How dare Obama breathe and eatDec 19, 2011 4:00 am - How dare Obama breathe and eat A recent Fence Post letter criticizing how the Obamas have decorated the White House for Christmas shocked me into a new revelation. ...
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Government’s hand too heavy in businessDec 18, 2011 4:47 am - The Dec. 7 column by Richard Cohen demonstrated once again his narrow views. He stated that two American auto companies survived because of our money given as bailouts. ...
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End the cover-up over Fast and FuriousDec 18, 2011 4:47 am - I would like to know why the Daily Herald and other major newspapers are not reporting on and covering the “Fast and Furious” scandal of our federal government. This is ...