Des Plaines Opinion
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Keep snow off of disabled parking spots in SchaumburgFeb 12, 2011 10:00 pm - It seems we forget about our disabled friends when it come to snow removal. People who plow parking lots push the snow into piles in the lots and it seems that the disab...
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Watching storm from his Schaumburg windowFeb 12, 2011 10:00 pm - It is Feb. 2 at 2 a.m., and like hundreds of thousands of people in Cook County I am looking at the weather out the window. My health isn't what it used to be and I drea...
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Walsh out of touch with his districtFeb 11, 2011 11:00 pm - Walsh out of touch with his district No one who voted for Joe Walsh did so to allow him to waste time and tax dollars trying to redefine rape. His socially moderate...
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Guns do protect law-abiding citizensFeb 11, 2011 11:00 pm - Guns do protect law-abiding citizens This is in response to Burt Constable’s Jan 11 column in the Herald, “2nd Amendment and guns fail to protect us.” I can tell it...
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Distraction is the safety issue in photoFeb 11, 2011 11:00 pm - Distraction is the safety issue in photo The front page photo that ran Feb. 9. It states a Schaumburg man “is forced to walk on Northwest Highway in Arlington Heigh...
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Less criticism, more solutionsFeb 11, 2011 12:00 am - In his column printed Jan. 28, Cal Thomas criticized the State of the Union speech as expected. The theme of his comments was the speech did not hide the president’s lib...
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Soapbox: Getting with the cutting programFeb 11, 2011 12:00 am - Daily Herald Editorial Board Getting with the cutting program: Tuesday, Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez took a serious misstep when she declared at nearl...
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Where’s the outcry on plow spending?Feb 11, 2011 12:00 am - I find it odd recently that I haven’t heard much from the right-wing, anti-tax, anti-spend, anti-America “tea party” groups. With the extra spending for all the snow rem...
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Executions should be allowedFeb 11, 2011 12:00 am - I have been reading for some time now that there is a shortage of drugs for executions because the only company in Italy stopped manufacturing them. When a murderer brut...
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Can’t compare legal immigrants to illegal onesFeb 11, 2011 12:00 am - Providenzia Penny Bonadonna Donehoo, you have confused many issues in your letter to Fence Post. There is no sentiment toward legal immigrants in this country. This coun...