Des Plaines Opinion
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Medical marijuana effort a big hoaxFeb 22, 2011 11:00 pm - Despite several defeats, state Rep. Lou Lang continues to pull every ploy possible to perpetrate a hoax on the citizens of Illinois by trying to pass SB 1381, which woul...
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Be careful what you ask forFeb 22, 2011 12:00 am - There has been a lot said about the Affordable Care Act. There’s also been a lot of distortion and deception about “death panels” from those who benefit from insurance c...
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Many questions surround deer killFeb 21, 2011 10:00 pm - Contrary to recent reports, one deer, not two, infected with Chronic Wasting Disease was killed near Binnie Woods by a bow hunter. The other was shot near Burlington. Wa...
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Irish were friends from dawn of nationFeb 20, 2011 11:00 pm - February is the month we honor the memory of our first President. It is appropriate to remember some of George Washington’s words. These are some he spoke in gratitude. ...
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More funds needed to aid mentally illFeb 20, 2011 11:00 pm - The remembrance of the Northern Illinois University’s shooting tragedy’s third anniversary was most appropriate in that we must not forget the basic cause of that event ...
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Women need access to safe abortionFeb 20, 2011 11:00 pm - The tragic Philadelphia story where a doctor provided illegal, inhumane and dangerous abortion procedures in one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods only highlights the ...
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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 ...