Des Plaines Opinion
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Don’t raise our taxes, ElginOct 13, 2011 5:00 am - Dear members of the Elgin City Council, I’m writing to make sure you’re aware that we’ve received our second installment of our property taxes here in Elgin/Cook County ...
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Jobs plan would promote new ideasOct 13, 2011 5:00 am - Creating jobs is not simply an employer thinking “We need the economy to get going so let’s hire some people.” Instead it is about them needing to hire people to help th...
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Don’t cut short kids’ educationOct 12, 2011 5:00 am - I am writing to voice my concern and my rejection of Senate Bill 400 and Amendment 3 of the bill. I support schools and reject any cuts in funding because the students a...
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Obama the maker of deals that go sourOct 12, 2011 5:00 am - If George Bush and his advisers were involved in as many questionable deals as President Obama has, the media would have been for his removal from office. All these inve...
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This jobs plan must succeedOct 12, 2011 5:00 am - Weeks ago, President Obama laid out his plan to create jobs and invest in our infrastructure. The bottom line: more people working and better roads, bridges and schools....
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Farnham shows he cares about seniorsOct 12, 2011 5:00 am - I am a resident of Village Green in East Dundee and would like to thank State Rep. Keith Farnham for holding a recent senior fraud prevention seminar with Attorney Gener...
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Smoothen out bad Route 20 repaveOct 11, 2011 5:00 am - The current resurfacing project on Route 20 in Elgin needs attention. Last week, the inside eastbound and inside westbound lanes were opened after resurfacing while the ...
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Religious freedoms are being attackedOct 11, 2011 5:00 am - Of great concern to many who profess Judeo Christian beliefs are recent actions by the Justice Department and the Department of Health and Human Services. Examples: forc...
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Coyotes, people can coexist in peaceOct 11, 2011 5:00 am - Can we agree that the coyotes were here long before suburbanites established their turf. Farmers nurtured a hatred for them because these “prairie wolves” preyed upon th...
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Why seats were empty at Sox gamesOct 11, 2011 5:00 am - The press revealed that the White Sox were searching for a way to fill all the empty seats for the White Sox games. There is no mystery about it. The terrible start real...