Des Plaines Opinion
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Editorial: Barbara Glueckert and a reminder about loveAug 28, 2016 8:00 am - Bob Glueckert is 55 now, a middle-aged man with a family of his own. Four decades have passed since his sister Barbara disappeared - 40 birthdays; 40 years of births and...
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Editorial: Barbara Glueckert and a reminder about loveAug 28, 2016 8:00 am - Bob Glueckert is 55 now, a middle-aged man with a family of his own. Four decades have passed since his sister Barbara disappeared - 40 birthdays; 40 years of births and...
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Flashing yellow lights aren't safe enoughAug 28, 2016 1:00 am - Green is go. Yellow is proceed with caution. And red says stop. The tragic bike death of a mother of five crossing a busy four-lane highway under a yellow blinking cauti...
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We're seeing campaign of personal destructionAug 27, 2016 1:00 am - The Republicans are cleansing their ranks of the RINOs Can you believe they are joining the ranks of the most crooked Democrat candidate in modern history? The Libertar...
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District maps used to shut voters outAug 25, 2016 1:00 am - I write to you as a longtime resident of Des Plaines and a concerned senior citizen. For more than 40 years, with a single exception, every time Illinois legislators hav...
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Editorial: A cop's extraordinary commitment to 'right this wrong'Aug 22, 2016 11:00 pm - In a year when police officers have felt devalued and unappreciated, it's refreshing to hear a story like Mike Nelson's. A Mount Prospect kid who grew up to be a Mount P...
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Let's study crossing at Central & BusseAug 22, 2016 5:00 am - I strongly agree with Westbrook teacher Janice Zemaitis and local resident Chuck Bennett about the safety issues at Central and Busse roads. I too am a bike rider who en...
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Could today's students make it in 1960s?Aug 22, 2016 1:00 am - In regards to Glenbard North's proposal to their student to "lock their phones" so they can earn reward points, I am amazed that I was able to make it through high schoo...
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Social Security important to retirement plansAug 22, 2016 1:00 am - I read with great interest the article by David Barnes of Generation Opportunity regarding Social Security, which is yet another attempt by a right-wing organization to ...
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Politicians don't do enough to fight drugsAug 20, 2016 1:00 am - The first segment on 60 Minutes recently was titled "Heroin in the Heartland." Parents in the Columbus, Ohio, area who had lost a child to a drug overdose were being int...