Des Plaines Opinion
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D214 taxpayers still owed $40 millionApr 24, 2011 12:00 am - District 214 Trustee Miriam (Mimi) Cooper’s alleges that my letter printed March 28 contained “inaccuracies and misstatements.” I was unable to respond sooner due to tra...
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Tea party not serious about cutting spendingApr 24, 2011 12:00 am - The HR 1 “Ryan bill” (named after this far-right tea party member) is the slash and burn everything Democrats and independents have tried to do over the past two years d...
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Greed might be racetrack’s undoingApr 24, 2011 12:00 am - If Arlington Park’s Richard Duchossois thinks he’s doing everything he can to keep his track open, he may want to consider a few of these ideas: 1. Free admission (like...
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Mussman hearing what voters sayingApr 24, 2011 12:00 am - Thank you for the recent article about state Rep. Mussman’s proposal to reduce legislator pay. I ran for state representative in the 55th District (against state Rep. Ra...
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Larkin students benefit from courageous decisionApr 24, 2011 12:00 am - Kudos to the Principal Jon Tuin at Larkin High School, Elgin U-46, for allowing a student group to hold an informational session on atheism in the school cafeteria. Scho...
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This is why we need township governmentApr 24, 2011 12:00 am - The Hanover Township office of community health is a godsend of health services for seniors and many other groups of people who cannot afford the high cost of health car...
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Trustee Cecille: Thank you, StreamwoodApr 24, 2011 12:00 am - Thank you for placing your trust and confidence in me by re-electing me as a Streamwood village trustee. I appreciate the voters’ support. I will continue to be the inde...
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She’s all for slots at the trackApr 24, 2011 12:00 am - I’m all “for” slots at the A.H. racetrack, and do not care who knows it! Do the “locals” that oppose the slots, think this would stop that form of entertainment, they ca...
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Obamacare is everyone’s careApr 24, 2011 12:00 am - Rep. Joe Walsh’s crusade to defund the Affordable Care Act is ludicrous. He wants to eliminate the law that is already helping tens of thousands of his constituents — in...
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More at stake than just racing in saving trackApr 24, 2011 12:00 am - There has been much debate about the pros and cons of having slot machines at Arlington Racetrack. The time is now to approve slot machines for Arlington racetrack, with...