Des Plaines Opinion
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Pension fund will sustain itselfNov 10, 2011 3:00 am - As retired elementary school teachers, with a combined 65 years of service to Illinois schoolchildren, and the parents of a third-year teacher, we are alarmed about Sena...
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Think young, GOP contendersNov 10, 2011 3:00 am - President Obama’s ratings are in the basement right now. If the election were this November he might not get re-elected. The problem is the GOP has come up with eight or...
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Speed cameras a slippery slopeNov 10, 2011 3:00 am - How many lawmakers do you think are receiving big fat checks from companies wanting to get contracts installing speed cameras and red-light cameras? Don’t you think any ...
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The need to boost financial literacyNov 10, 2011 3:00 am - You may have seen the TV ad: A boy walks home carrying an enormous rocket pop, and Dad asks him where his new bike is. The boy sheepishly raises his treat and says, “I t...
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Seventh-grader’s woes with Sears EDANov 10, 2011 3:00 am - We, the students of District 300, know about the issue with the proposed extension of Sears tax breaks. I want to tell you how my school, Algonquin Middle School, ha...
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Texting-driving law needs enforcingNov 09, 2011 4:11 am - The law against texting and driving went into effect this year, but I continue to see it every minute I am on the road. I feel like even though it is a law, police still...
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Discussion about gangs being quashedNov 09, 2011 4:11 am - According to a story in the Daily Herald, we now have over 1.4 million gang members in the United States. This should be a front-page story. I wonder if the gangbangers ...
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Ban on aerial lifts goes too farNov 09, 2011 4:00 am - I am writing this in response to the story, “Colleges change lift rules after Long Grove student's death.” The colleges should never have banned lifts in the first place...
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Mom questioning field trips in minorityNov 09, 2011 3:00 am - I was appalled to see the article “A field trip or a gambit?” featured on the front page of the Nov. 4 Daily Herald. This smacks of biased reporting. The fact that it is...
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AARP spreading lies about Social SecurityNov 08, 2011 4:00 am - I saw an ad on TV by the AARP that shows a senior citizen, with a gang of seniors behind him, saying: “I’m not a number. I’m not a line item on a budget. And I’m definit...