Des Plaines Opinion
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Tea party, GOP hold us hostageApr 09, 2011 12:00 am - It is one thing for a newly-elected representative to arrive in Congress with a grand vision for improving the nation, but it is quite another when they arrive with a na...
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Stunning number of unregistered votersApr 09, 2011 12:00 am - My husband and I were asked to distribute door hangers as a reminder of the election on the doors of registered voters in our area. I was appalled, angered and saddened ...
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Government should not fund abortionsApr 09, 2011 12:00 am - In response to a March 28 letter by Sarah Williams of Planned Parenthood of Illinois, your concern about the need for low-income women to have easy access to preventive ...
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Many ways to trim a budgetApr 09, 2011 12:00 am - Who are the entitled and who should make the sacrifices? The Republican politicians think that children, seniors and middle-class working Americans should be making the ...
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Bears shouldn’t get our money yetApr 09, 2011 12:00 am - I’ve been a Bears season ticket holder for 50 years. Of the 32 NFL teams locked out, Chicago is the only one that wants the ticket money this week. I think the fans sho...
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Court restructure may harm childrenApr 09, 2011 12:00 am - Recently I attended a meeting convened by the presiding judge of the Child Protection Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County. We were informed that the county boar...
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Let the debate over slots at Arlington Park beginApr 09, 2011 12:00 am - For years, we have heard out of Springfield various proposals to install slot machines at Arlington Park, regardless of the views of the village of Arlington Heights whe...
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Abolishing death penalty was rightApr 07, 2011 2:00 am - I have often said, after reading of a particularly heinous crime, that I could “throw the switch” to usher the perpetrator out of this life, and go home and enjoy a peac...
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Keeping business is government’s jobApr 07, 2011 2:00 am - The conservative view fostering commercial/industrial vitality is due to the fact that businesses create jobs, not governments. Governments are our employees. We are the...
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County gets taxes; where are services?Apr 07, 2011 2:00 am - About a month ago I received, as many of us did, the first installment of my property tax bill. Since it did not show where our tax dollars will be spent, I went back to...