Des Plaines Opinion
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District leaders not putting kids firstFeb 20, 2011 11:00 pm - In the Feb. 16 Daily Herald, the spokesman for Maine Township High School District 207, Mr. Dave Berry, stated “it’s difficult to know if the assumptions are going to be...
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Focus on proposals that benefit allFeb 20, 2011 11:00 pm - The Daily Herald recently published a list of 46 suburban leaders and what their priorities are for this year. I’m sorry to say that many of these politicians don’t have...
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The diversity in our neighborhoodsFeb 20, 2011 12:00 am - The numbers tell a dramatic story. In DuPage County, the white population has actually fallen in the past 10 years, a decline of 6 percent, according to the U.S. Census ...
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Schaumburg: Think big, think very bigFeb 19, 2011 10:00 pm - Build it, they will come. Schaumburg could use a domed ballpark, an Astro Dome. We could lease it out on rain days to the Cubs or Sox, have concerts. Let's do something ...
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EGV did admirable job clearing streetsFeb 19, 2011 10:00 pm - I would like to disagree with the recent letter in Fencepost from Deb Jones of Round Lake concerning the snow removal in Elk Grove Village. I am a resident of the west s...
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No problem with snowy walks hereFeb 19, 2011 10:00 pm - Kudos to the Rolling Meadows Public Works Department. Once again they have outdone themselves! Not only did they get the snow plowed and salted down to the pavement duri...
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Arlington Hts. comes throughFeb 19, 2011 10:00 pm - Sunday after the blizzard, the Cook County road department replowed Euclid and placed so much snow on my parkway I could not see the red light on Wilke and Euclid and co...
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Fears music cuts at District 57 schoolsFeb 19, 2011 10:00 pm - My name is Robin Rose and I am writing this letter as a concerned parent of children who attend District 57 and District 214 in Mount Prospect. District 57 is considerin...
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Rolling Meadows: The city that worksFeb 19, 2011 10:00 pm - Déjà vu again. 1967-1979 and etc. And our boys at the Rolling Meadows Public Works came through with flying colors. I am so proud to live in a city that really works. Ou...
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Juliette Low School auction a big successFeb 19, 2011 10:00 pm - Juliette Low Elementary School in Arlington Heights held a Winterpalooza Silent Auction on February 11th this year. We would like to extend a special thank you to those ...