Des Plaines Opinion
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Blame the state for U-46 bus woesAug 25, 2011 5:00 am - I empathize with the U-46 parents over the new bus routes reported in the Daily Herald where students must walk up to 1½ miles to catch a bus. However, it appears to me ...
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Big spenders come in GOP packages, tooAug 25, 2011 5:00 am - I just have to set the record straight when Mr. Pratt of Arlington Heights says that President Obama is spending money like “a drunken sailor.” Please keep in mind the s...
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Media still bowing to Obama administrationAug 25, 2011 5:00 am - Now we have seen the total capitulation of the media to the Obama administration, who has just disgusted me by refusing to enforce the laws of this great country. Wow, h...
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Facts getting in way of writer’s pointAug 24, 2011 5:00 am - Facts getting in way of writer’s point A response to Lazlo Stephan’s letter Aug. 11, “Higher taxes on the ‘rich’ is no solution”: “Class warfare” is a subjective te...
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We cannot tolerate Walsh much longerAug 24, 2011 5:00 am - We cannot tolerate Walsh much longer Joe Walsh is the biggest embarrassment in office today. He is an embarrassment A) to his child for not paying his child support...
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Read between lines when comparing tollsAug 24, 2011 12:00 am - The article showing Illinois tollway per-mile charges lower than those of Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts was misleading. The Illinois toll roads serve a s...
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No need for tobacco shop in PalatineAug 22, 2011 5:00 am - Kudos to the Palatine village board for turning down the proposed tobacco shop on Northwest Highway. Besides the concern over synthetic marijuana and drug paraphernalia ...
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Schools should pass balanced budgetsAug 22, 2011 5:00 am - In an era when banks have irresponsibly issued mortgages, state governments are in deficit, and the federal government’s credit rating has been downgraded, I look to loc...
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Why does Arlington Hts. ticket for backing in?Aug 22, 2011 5:00 am - We visited a eating establishment in downtown Arlington Heights and parked in the parking garage. We watched the signs posted on the back walls as we backed in regarding...
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Must Wheeling build on every square inch?Aug 22, 2011 5:00 am - Here we go again. Wheeling’s trustees crushed an opportunity for open green land. Instead they opted for paving over land in the floodway. Although Sheila Schultz eloque...