Des Plaines Opinion
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Why must we pay the price for idiocy?Nov 23, 2010 10:00 pm - We just found that our tax bill for our home in the south part of Arlington Heights has increased a whopping 19.22 percent from last year. Are these people out of their ...
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Taxpayers, show your indignationNov 23, 2010 10:00 pm - I just received my second installment property tax bill. Considering the economic climate, I expected it to stay the same or increase slightly. Even though my assessed v...
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Smoker goes outside Illinois to gambleNov 23, 2010 10:00 pm - With reference to a Nov. 14 Associated Press article published titled “Casinos blame smoking ban for drop on revenue,” I felt compelled to put my 2 cents in. There's no...
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Teen sex trafficking is happening hereNov 22, 2010 10:00 pm - It was reported (Nov. 9, “The World & Nation in 60 Seconds”) that there were 69 child prostitutes rescued in a nationwide FBI sting. Given that there were 15 articles in...
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Tax appeals merely boost county payrollNov 22, 2010 10:00 pm - John Lawson, Schaumburg Township assessor, said in the Daily Herald that he had to call the police to handle crowds angry over their property taxes. At the end of the ar...
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Cub Scouts not buying AmericanNov 22, 2010 10:00 pm - Recently, my second-grade twins decided to join Cub Scouts. They signed up for their local troop and were instructed to go to the Boy Scout store in our area to purchase...
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American ingenuity, work ethic lackingNov 21, 2010 10:00 pm - A short while ago, the Girl Scouts announced that they were soliciting bids in the hope of lowering the cost of uniforms. Their current American manufacturer said that t...
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Ricketts shouldn't get his way againNov 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Cubs owner Tom Ricketts is exhibiting his spoiled rich boy traits. Two years ago, he threatened the city of Mesa, Ariz., with relocating Cubs spring training to Florida ...
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Palatine's Morrison: Won't add to state's budget problemsNov 20, 2010 10:00 pm - As the newly elected state representative in District 54, I filed paperwork today that officially removes my family and me from participation in the Illinois General Ass...
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When you know the facts, Boeger plan not so scaryNov 20, 2010 10:00 pm - In a letter published in Tuesday's Neighbor Fencepost, the first paragraph has two errors in it. The writer rails against a 36-person mental health facility across from ...