Des Plaines Opinion
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Thanks, legislators, for your ‘integrity’Jan 25, 2011 12:00 am - I would like to thank Pat Quinn, Michael Madigan and John Cullerton for their great work in passing a massive tax hike in the middle of the night to save our state from ...
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Too many enjoying a free lunchJan 25, 2011 12:00 am - Recently Vice President Joe Biden put his foot in his mouth, again. This time however, I agreed with him. He stated that “paying taxes was patriotic.” Now at the time he...
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Jeff Engelhardt advocates forgiveness, not death penaltyJan 24, 2011 11:00 pm - Editor's note: Jeff Engelhardt is an intern in the Daily Herald's Springfield bureau and a graduate student at the University of Illinois-Springfield, enrolled in it...
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Nothing peaceful about barking dogJan 24, 2011 12:00 am - In response to a letter from Mr. Boyle of Des Plaines: These people are all neighbors to one another. A good neighbor is a considerate one and tries not to interfere wit...
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Taking efficiency wherever we find itJan 24, 2011 12:00 am - Daily Herald Editorial Board Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart’s renewed suggestion that suburban courthouses be closed on the weekends appears to have been made more in defi...
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Little oversight of abortion centersJan 23, 2011 11:00 pm - I read with interest your Jan. 14 story about Muddy Paws shelter where 19 dead dogs were found. The question was asked, “How could this happen here?” To quote, “These ar...
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Sacrifices aren’t being made equallyJan 23, 2011 11:00 pm - Happy New Year to all of those constituents who voted for the same party to continue in the path of turning Illinois into a sorry state. Just as the constituents don’t g...
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Letter writer missed another’s sarcasmJan 23, 2011 11:00 pm - I can’t believe Ms. Elaine Kalcsics (Fence Post, Jan. 4) interpreted my sarcastic attack (Dec. 20) on “big business” and the Republican politics of “reducing the minimum...
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Remember that others are sufferingJan 23, 2011 11:00 pm - Life’s lessons are often so hard to bear. As I tell my son about the suicide this morning of our next door neighbor, I must remind him to be kind to all. I tell him a br...
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Act now to repeal income tax hikeJan 23, 2011 12:00 am - On the same day the General Assembly voted to abolish the death penalty, lawmakers also implemented a death penalty on Illinois’ economy by passing a 67 percent income t...