Des Plaines Opinion
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Grateful for act of kindness by strangerDec 12, 2011 4:00 am - When my husband and I arrived at the Arlington Heights train station at 11:30 at night, we had a dead battery. We walked across the street to a gas station’s quick mart....
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Arends doesn’t get respect she deservesDec 12, 2011 4:00 am - Your article was too kind. If you noticed, while T.L. Arends was speaking the trustees had the “who cares” look on their face, which carried over to the time residents w...
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Love the parks, but $36 a year too muchDec 12, 2011 4:00 am - Memo to the Arlington Heights Park District. We are fortunate to have well-maintained parks, but it is unthinkable that you would raise our real estate taxes by $36 per ...
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There’s always next year, right?Dec 12, 2011 4:00 am - The Cubs’ new skipper is Dale Sveum, Who carries a hard-to-say neum. But I fear that there’s reason To think that next season The outcome will still be the seum. Fr...
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Park district ‘snubs’ Wendell JonesDec 12, 2011 4:00 am - I can’t believe that our Palatine Park District would NOT support honoring Wendell Jones by adding his name to Towne Square. This is the epitome of cronyism, and contrar...
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Illinois needs updated tax lawsDec 12, 2011 4:00 am - Despite job gains that reduced the national unemployment rate to 8.6 percent, Illinois’ rate remains at 10 percent, meaning hundreds of thousands of Illinoisans remain j...
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Art student mad that NIU took hard lineDec 12, 2011 4:00 am - I believe Northern Illinois University is being unfair about their art show. NIU is offering a scholarship for the best pieces in this show. I am a senior Studio and AP ...
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Bartlett voters can write their own endingDec 12, 2011 4:00 am - After I attended the last Bartlett village board meeting Dec. 6, I came home and tried to relax with my family. We were watching “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas” and tha...
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Local gift shopping better for AmericaDec 12, 2011 4:00 am - As the holidays approach, the giant Asian factories are kicking into high gear to provide Americans with piles of cheaply produced goods — merchandise that is being prod...
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Kelly served Bartlett well for many yearsDec 12, 2011 4:00 am - Shame on the Daily Herald for first writing that article on Sunday. And double shame on the board and trustees for the way they handled it. It should never been a topic ...