Des Plaines Opinion
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We must condemn anti-American ideologiesAug 27, 2017 1:00 am - Loud alarms should be ringing to alert all of us about the dangers of what happened in Charlottesville. Hate-filled people marched in Nazi regalia, shouting out their an...
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Qualifications, not wallets, are importantAug 27, 2017 1:00 am - I recently attended a forum of the Democratic gubernatorial candidates. I took the opportunity at this forum to ask candidate J.B. Pritzker a question about the large am...
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Don't let tax anger skew your perspectiveAug 20, 2017 1:00 am - I'm a Cook County resident who was and is still angry about the recent huge "sugar" tax. I vowed never to order or shop for a sweetened drink in Cook County again and I'...
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Don't cut COLAsAug 19, 2017 1:00 am - As a federal retiree who served our country for years, I am deeply concerned with a provision in the president's budget which would eliminate cost-of-living adjustments ...
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Perverting historyAug 19, 2017 1:00 am - The South with its Confederate flags and monuments has a perverted sense of history, which honors traitors who turned their backs on the Union, their military oaths and ...
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Sanctuary for whom?Aug 14, 2017 1:00 am - Rahm Emmanuel is correct that Chicago is a sanctuary city. Unfortunately it is a sanctuary city for gun-wielding gang bangers and law breakers. Daniel M. Filipek Mount P...
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Term limits solve legislative frustrationAug 12, 2017 1:00 am - So what's the big deal? Elaine Nekritz is quitting as state representative after 15 years. Term limits could have saved her all this frustration years ago. Joyce Peterse...
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Devaluing of life occurs every dayAug 09, 2017 1:00 am - The recent publication of "Healthcare should be a human right" by Maria Fort of Chicago ends with "we all deserve access to health care," which we agree with. Healthcar...
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Devaluing of human lifeAug 09, 2017 1:00 am - Healthcare does not include the killing of the unborn, in our opinion. The Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, forces all tax payers to buy "government approved" insuran...
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Frustrated RNs close city's medical corpsAug 07, 2017 5:00 am - It is with heavy hearts that we report the demise of the Des Plaines Medical Reserve Corps, the federally-approved emergency preparedness and response program. For more ...