Des Plaines Opinion
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Another blow for small businessJun 10, 2016 1:00 am - After reading the help for small business in the June 2 Business section, what an eye opener. Here's a small-business owner trying to make it, even with the various gove...
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GOP will never be same if Trump winsJun 10, 2016 1:00 am - Responding to Debbie Beverly's letter of June 3, evidently no matter what Trump says, it is OK? The man is crude, crass, self-indulgent and has insulted anyone and every...
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Staff cuts threaten great post officeJun 10, 2016 1:00 am - Who is responsible for ruining the efficiency of the Prospect Heights Post Office? I have lived in Mount Prospect since 1967 and have always found the Prospect Heights...
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Editorial: Hillary Clinton and little girl dreamsJun 09, 2016 5:00 am - Editor's note: This editorial is adapted from one published Aug. 26, 2008, during Hillary Clinton's first race for president. When Hillary Clinton was a youngster in Pa...
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Memories of honor, respect back homeMay 30, 2016 1:00 am - I am now 81, but I remember my various uncles coming home on leave during WW II. They just showed up at the door. No planes just ships, railroad, street cars and the ele...
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Location of new D59 HQ a really bad ideaMay 23, 2016 5:00 am - Let me get this straight. School District 59 needs a new office building ... touting, among other things, the need for a larger facility for districtwide meetings for te...
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It's up to airlines to solve waiting problemMay 19, 2016 1:00 am - The airlines are in a most enviable position from a business point of view. Which business would not want to have customers waiting for hours in line to utilize their p...
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Personal contact is key for any partyMay 18, 2016 1:00 am - I am a liberal Democrat, but what I'm about to explain could as well be used by conservative Republicans. On a precinct-by-precinct basis, have a face contact with every...
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We are reaping results of ignoring historyMay 17, 2016 1:00 am - Arthur Schlesinger Jr., an American historian and author of the 1960 book "The Making of the President," once stated, "History is to the nation as memory is to the indiv...
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It's simple anatomyMay 15, 2016 1:00 am - Going on the record (and you should too), I'm against anyone with male anatomy using any female facility. It's really that simple. Thomas Creasbaum Des Plaines ...