Des Plaines Opinion
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Casinos are likely places for troubleDec 05, 2011 4:00 am - I read in today’s Daily Herald in the 11/22 blotter section, yet another negative incident coming out of the Des Plaines Rivers Casino gambling facility. Since its openi...
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Famine continues; aid should, tooDec 05, 2011 4:00 am - It seems like we’ve stopped hearing about the food crisis in the Horn of Africa. Yet the famine is still affecting over 13 million people, more than the population of th...
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Arlington Hts. acts like it’s anti-dogDec 05, 2011 4:00 am - Today’s letter concerns the reputation Arlington Heights is getting as “the most unfriendly city for dog owners.” People have moved from here. People do not want to live...
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ComEd puts profit over compassionDec 05, 2011 4:00 am - ComEd handed out Christmas bonuses to members of the Illinois General Assembly for their votes to override Gov. Pat Quinn’s veto of the “smart grid” proposal. The legisl...
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COD decisions cost we, the taxpayersDec 04, 2011 4:00 am - After local building authorities ordered a shutdown of construction at the College of DuPage, its President-for-Life responded by ordering the workers to ignore the orde...
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Tax those who draw hefty pensionsDec 04, 2011 4:00 am - In all the stories about school and municipal employee pay and perks, why is it never mentioned that all the retirement pay (often $200,000-plus) is free of Illinois inc...
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Celebrate religious holidays in schoolsDec 04, 2011 4:00 am - I believe we are missing out on valuable educational experiences when we ban religious holiday celebrations from the schools. Let’s educate our children about various cu...
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Wanted: lawmakers who will step upDec 04, 2011 4:00 am - In response to Carol Murray (“Vulnerable citizens suffer as bills unpaid,” Nov. 4), I agree totally with your complaint about getting old bills paid, but I totally disag...
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Put no faith in long-term forecastsDec 04, 2011 4:00 am - I wonder if the pseudo-experts who predicted that 12 to 15 hurricanes would strike the U.S. mainland this year (with six or seven of them being catastrophic) are the sam...
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Drug laws are all about making moneyDec 03, 2011 5:00 am - Regarding your Nov. 21 editorial, yes, drugs are a problem — but why is that? Our drug laws take what should be nothing more than an individual’s medical problem and tur...