Des Plaines Opinion
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Step up to plate for Nick’s PizzaOct 05, 2011 5:00 am - It has come to my attention that Nick’s Pizza & Pub is in severe financial trouble and may have to close its doors within the next month barring some sort of miracle. Ni...
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Surely there must be a job for everyoneOct 05, 2011 5:00 am - Jobs? Stimulus? For the life of me I cannot understand why we attempt to create jobs in phony trickle-down, roundabout ways. The idea that injecting borrowed dollars int...
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Defends townships and work they doOct 04, 2011 11:00 pm - I cannot permit the printing of Edie Phillip's letter on Sept. 13 questioning the purpose of townships without my rebuttal. As a caretaker at my local church for the pas...
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Dold’s vote helps protect air, healthOct 04, 2011 12:00 am - I am so very grateful Rep. Bob Dold stood up for clean air by voting against the TRAIN Act. Amid burgeoning House support for industrial smokestacks over public health, ...
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Convert old Sherman to VA hospitalOct 04, 2011 12:00 am - What is Sherman Hospital doing with the old Sherman Hospital? Nothing, just making movies and the Greater Elgin Family Care Center moved into it. But I’ve got a better i...
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Justice system applies to immigrants, nonimmigrants alikeOct 04, 2011 12:00 am - The recent op-ed in which Hanover Park Mayor Rod Craig criticizes Cook County’s new ordinance establishing a policy for responding to ICE detainer requests is yet anothe...
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Is Walsh character or lacking character?Oct 04, 2011 12:00 am - Joe Walsh is a character? Now that Joe Walsh has announced his intentions to abandon his own district and run against the GOP incumbent Randy Hultgren, I can’t wait to s...
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Customers rally around Nick’s PizzaOct 04, 2011 12:00 am - Recently, we received the sad news that Nick’s Pizza and Pub at Randall and Bowes roads in Elgin may be closing unless a miracle occurs. I have been a regular of Nick’s ...
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Walter Payton was the real dealOct 04, 2011 12:00 am - I haven’t read the new book about Walter Payton — and I don’t intend to. My most memorable moment of Walter Payton didn’t occur on the football field, but at the Jewel s...
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Infrastructure investments vitalOct 03, 2011 4:00 am - We are encouraged that our leaders in Washington recognized the serious situation we’ve been warning about and approved a six-month extension to federal transportation s...