Des Plaines Opinion
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For Mount Prospect Dist. 57: Leane, Sonnefeldt, CompostoMar 15, 2011 12:00 am - Daily Herald Editorial Board Over the past several years, Mount Prospect Elementary District 57 has been in the news more often than it would have liked: a bus driver in...
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Let’s be reasonable on gun controlMar 15, 2011 12:00 am - When will the next massacre happen? Who will be a victim? Maybe it will be your neighbor. Maybe it will be your senator or congressman. Maybe it will be you or a loved o...
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Check your facts on state retireesMar 15, 2011 12:00 am - I wish that Larry Maurer would check his facts before making incorrect and broad statements about state retirees and health insurance premiums. He alleges that 90 percen...
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For Dist. 23 board: Botwinski, Bowes, Hess, PetersMar 15, 2011 12:00 am - Prospect Heights Elementary District 23 board members cut more than $1 million, approved grade level centers and outlined $1.5 million more in cuts. That all sparked con...
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Gay marriage a plus for everyone’s rightsMar 15, 2011 12:00 am - Arlene Sawicki wrote to the Fencepost on Feb. 24, “Protect marriage for the good of all . . . protecting traditional marriage as the time-honored, fundamental cell of hu...
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For Dist. 214: Dussling, Kreutzer, PetroMar 14, 2011 12:00 am - Voters in Northwest Suburban High School District 214 have three excellent candidates running for three seats. Veteran incumbent William J. Dussling of Arlington Heights...
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Candidate wrong on creationismMar 14, 2011 12:00 am - While reading the article by Russell Lissau, “All four Dist. 95 candidates back teaching creationism in science classes,” I was shocked to read that candidate Doug Goldb...
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Politicians must end war on middle classMar 14, 2011 12:00 am - The repeal of collective bargaining rights in Wisconsin was an outrageous political stunt that had nothing whatsoever to do with that state’s financial crisis — a crisis...
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Ten Commandments are neededMar 14, 2011 12:00 am - The separation of church and state doesn’t truthfully abide in the U.S. Constitution. “Freedom of religion” is not freedom from religion. Even atheists believe in no god...
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Skarr, Birt for COD boardMar 14, 2011 12:00 am - Daily Herald Editorial Board As we have said in this space in the past, we believe the College of DuPage is moving strongly in the right direction. Five candidates are r...