Des Plaines Opinion
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Target war spending to balance budgetNov 02, 2011 5:00 am - Cutting over $1 trillion should not be done to the programs that help the sickest, the oldest and youngest in our country. Cut the largest section of discretionary spend...
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Put meaning back in measurement of schoolsNov 02, 2011 5:00 am - Across Illinois, 80 percent of all school districts are said to be “failing” to meet basic standards in reading, math and science. In Northwest Cook County, every single...
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Headline didn’t reflect realityNov 01, 2011 6:00 am - In the recent past, I have read the articles in the upper right hand corner of Page 2 of the first section of the Daily Herald with interest. The headline, “GOP senators...
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Don’t let Dist. 300 students downNov 01, 2011 6:00 am - The Sears EDA tax break would be devastating to our district for many reasons you have probably heard of. The people that would suffer the most are our students. Their v...
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Candidates need you to sign petitionsOct 31, 2011 5:00 am - For Illinois residents, Sept. 6 — the first day political candidates begin circulating petitions — marked the start of the 2012 campaign season. Candidates will be knock...
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Target distracted driving among teensOct 31, 2011 5:00 am - Oct. 16-22 marked National Teen Safe Driving Week. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, 5,474 people were killed on U.S. roadways and an estimated 448,000...
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Find ways to reward the generousOct 30, 2011 5:00 am - Greed, in our world culture, affects and infects us both passively and actively. Greed is the primary cause of war, abortion, murder motivated by prejudice, and it is es...
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Most investors don’t get rich on stocksOct 30, 2011 5:00 am - This is in response to David Hrdlicka’s Sept. 28 letter concerning “wealthy people living off the fat of the land” when paying only 15 percent capital gains tax. Where d...
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Sharing information key to safer schoolsOct 30, 2011 5:00 am - On the surface, it appears Illinois school districts are doing what they should when it comes to cooperation between administrators and local police agencies. After all,...
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How our schools excel while failing the examOct 30, 2011 5:00 am - Our children’s schools are failing. More so than ever. That’s the message being conveyed if you look strictly at the data of the 2011 report card for all schools in Illi...