Des Plaines Opinion
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Quinn will act the most responsiblyOct 28, 2010 11:00 pm - Our state is on the verge of bankruptcy. Poverty in the Chicago suburbs has increased as much as 100 percent. People are losing their houses and are in financial trouble...
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Choice for Senate should be simpleOct 28, 2010 11:00 pm - I can't understand why the race for U.S. senator in Illinois is so close. On one side we have a young man who is from a wealthy family, who inherited an executive positi...
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League becoming more partisanOct 28, 2010 11:00 pm - I had always looked upon the League of Women Voters as a respectable nonpartisan group that only wanted what was good for the country going back to the original suffrage...
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Soapbox: Safety first when trick-or-treatingOct 28, 2010 11:00 pm - Parents, when your cute little princesses, goblins and ghouls take to the streets in search of candy Sunday, here's a website that can help alleviate one worry: www.isp....
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Time is now for improvements at College of DuPageOct 28, 2010 1:00 am - On Nov. 2, College of DuPage will seek voter approval to extend its bonding authority while keeping the tax rate for bond debt at its current level. The college took ad...
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U.S. Senate race is bafflingOct 27, 2010 11:00 pm - The contest for the U.S. Senate seat in Illinois is a curious one, even for this state. Given the economy and the tide of anti-Democrat sentiment surging across the nati...
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Nothing secret about Brady's liesOct 27, 2010 11:00 pm - It's no big news that political ads can be misleading, vicious or just plain lies. But the worst ad I've ever seen is Bill Brady's claim that Gov. Pat Quinn “secretly re...
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Vote — but become informed firstOct 27, 2010 11:00 pm - I volunteered to be an election judge, and went to “election school” last week. I spoke to the lady next to me at class, and she said she was going to vote a straight ti...
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Let your vote send Democrats messageOct 27, 2010 11:00 pm - It's so clear and so outrageous that this entire congressional session was an assault on democracy. It was a complete abdication of our elected officials' responsibiliti...
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What's Giannoulias trying to hide?Oct 27, 2010 11:00 pm - Giannoulias claims to have left his family's failed Broadway Bank in 2005, yet he reported to the IRS that he worked hundreds of hours in 2006, qualifying himself for a ...