Des Plaines Opinion
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Keep tax funds away from Wrigley fixupNov 15, 2010 10:00 pm - It sure didn't take long to come begging, and now the Ricketts family wants the taxpayers, and it will be the taxpayers, to pony up $200 million bucks to renovate Wrigle...
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Election no rejection of ObamaNov 14, 2010 10:00 pm - Since the election, the Republican Party has been allowed to spew the “big lie” that the American People have rejected President Obama's policies. Presumably, all 300 mi...
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We should start recall process nowNov 14, 2010 10:00 pm - You supported Pat Quinn, and now that we have approved recall, I submit we should start the process now. Mark Kirk, the Democrat-Republican senator-elect in Illinois, ha...
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Today's unions feed off themselvesNov 14, 2010 10:00 pm - Over the past few days, we have read stories about police negotiations in Naperville, Prospect Heights and Lake in the Hills. Raises of 3 percent a year? Nine percent ov...
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Stop anonymous campaign PACsNov 14, 2010 10:00 pm - It's just wrong. Secret campaign cash should have has no place in our democracy. But now the largest campaign expenditures in history are funding campaign advertising, a...
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Impressed with Bartlett children's mannersNov 13, 2010 10:00 pm - Every Halloween, my husband and I look forward to seeing all the children in their costumes as they “trick or treat”. This year and last, we were so happy to see so many...
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Wheeling Twp. fun fair a big successNov 13, 2010 10:00 pm - WheeIing Township's annual Halloween Fun Fair Make A Difference Day held on Saturday, Oct. 23 at Riley School was a fun filled day for over 180 children with special nee...
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Together, opponents find $600 billion to cutNov 13, 2010 10:00 pm - Our nation faces unprecedented fiscal challenges, as the commitments we've made now and into the future far outpace our fiscal capacity. The federal budget is polluted w...
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Ethics panel should investigate HartsteinNov 13, 2010 10:00 pm - It would seems to me that now that we have an Ethics Committee created by the Village of Buffalo Grove, its first order of business should be the investigation of Presid...
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BG mayor's 'act' far worse than Stone'sNov 13, 2010 10:00 pm - Elliott Hartstein, the mayor. How ugly, how common, how gross, repugnant and repelling. He, master of the “special use zoning tricks” to advance his own business talk a...