Des Plaines Opinion
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Don't supporters care about Hillary's past?Aug 20, 2016 1:00 am - I totally support Marilyn Jones who wrote on Aug. 3 concerning why Hillary Clinton is the wrong woman to become president. When the campaign "era" began, I, too, believ...
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Blaming the wrong cause for killingsAug 15, 2016 1:00 am - According to the Daily Herald, 70 individuals lost their lives to violence in Chicago in June and only 65 individuals lost their lives in July. Based on the administrati...
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Special interests control crop safetyAug 11, 2016 1:00 am - Nancy Thorner's letter on the safety of GMO products is well written and very persuasive, except it ignores the issues of the increased use of Round-Up used by farmers t...
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Leaders must work to control national debtAug 10, 2016 1:00 am - We should be asking our political canadates how they plan to reduce our national debt? It's $19 trillon and still growing. Two political conventions and what did we lea...
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Can Central Road crossing in Mount Prospect be safer?Aug 08, 2016 5:00 am - I read your editorial today (Aug. 3) with some interest as a long time resident of Mount Prospect, and a bicyclist. I've crossed Central Road at that precise location on...
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Child hunger is unacceptableAug 06, 2016 1:00 am - Tonight millions of children will go to bed hungry. And they will wake up in the morning to no breakfast. This is unacceptable in this day and age. Nourishment is import...
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Village could do more to enforce crosswalk lawAug 06, 2016 1:00 am - I'm very sorry about the crosswalk accident on Central. I drive that every morning and have seen drivers pass through without slowing down. I personally think they shoul...
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Court should uphold amendment referendumJul 30, 2016 1:00 am - It is time for a change in Illinois. Over 540,000 Illinois voters signed a petition to give us the opportunity in November to change the state constitution. The change i...
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Messages painted on paths might help prevent bike/walker crashesJul 26, 2016 5:00 am - Thank you for your most recent reminder about safety on our park pathways ("Our View" 7/9/2016). FYI, the Mount Prospect Park District has recently stenciled cautionary ...
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Cruz refusal shows his lack of characterJul 23, 2016 1:00 am - Sen Ted Cruz's refusal to endorse the GOP's nominee at the Republican convention, even though he pledged publicly to do so during the debates, reinforces the earlier con...