Des Plaines Opinion
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Senator’s view of pensions one-sidedNov 24, 2011 4:00 am - State Sen. Matt Murphy thinks the public can be easily fooled. He says, “ ... clout-heavy union leaders and other insiders benefit from special deals allowing them to co...
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Seniors aren’t to blame for U.S. debtNov 24, 2011 4:00 am - To Bill Hartman: I read your letter in the Herald (Nov. 8) and I think you better start checking things out on Social Security and Medicare before you start telling “Gra...
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Let the ball courts be silent this seasonNov 24, 2011 2:00 am - Let me ask, do you miss the NBA season so far? Does it concern you that it looks like the NBA 2011-2012 season will not happen due to greed from both sides of the aisle?...
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Several factors offset pension liabilityNov 23, 2011 5:00 am - Mike Riopell’s article titled “Do pension ads tell the real story?” was enlightening. However, like every article written about the Illinois pension problem, it misses a...
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State’s paying plenty into pensionsNov 23, 2011 5:00 am - With all the rhetoric regarding the state of Illinois not paying its fair amount toward its public pension obligations, I decided I would have a look at the numbers myse...
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Include service record in obitsNov 23, 2011 5:00 am - I am a habitual reader of the obituaries and have noticed that, like many others, we are losing our veterans at an appalling rate. Veterans of Word War II, Korea and Vie...
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Elgin council doesn’t understandNov 22, 2011 4:00 am - Taxes on top of taxes. It seems that Elgin City Council members are determined to raise new taxes because, after all, other municipalities have more taxes. Perhaps the c...
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Good pay attracts good teachersNov 22, 2011 4:00 am - Thank you for putting a front-page article in the paper highlighting teacher salaries. A little over 20 years ago, such an article caught my eye and attracted me to the ...
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Keep opportunity for poor a priorityNov 22, 2011 4:00 am - As the supercommittee faces this week’s deadline to eliminate a $1.5 trillion deficit over the next 10 years, we want to ensure that the programs that protect the sick a...
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With property taxes, I can’t win for losingNov 21, 2011 4:00 am - Like many other frustrated taxpayers, I went to the Wheeling (Twp.) Assessor’s office to find out just how my homeowner exemption was computed as it was cut $1,600 and m...