Des Plaines Opinion
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Walker wants state a well-run businesAug 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Finally, Gov. Quinn is ordering furlough days for his staff, but he should also rescind the raises he gave them. There is no reason for public employees to be getting ra...
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Signs of climate change are obviousAug 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Global warming deniers are silent. The first six months of 2010 were the hottest in recorded history. They see that an island of ice four times the size of Manhattan and...
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The uninsured are costing the rest of usAug 18, 2010 11:00 pm - In response to Mr. Hupfer (Fence Post, Aug. 10), there are many things in Obamacare that I disagree with, but enforcement of citizens to purchase health insurance is not...
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If you toss the rest, keep NolandAug 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Working people and the unemployed have become justifiably disgruntled with Illinois politicians right now and might stay home in November, or are being encouraged by som...
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Many teen drivers not mature enoughAug 17, 2010 11:00 pm - When my sons told me the news that two boys they knew casually died in a car accident this weekend, I was saddened and concerned. When the report revealed that the teens...
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Doubting health chief's motivesAug 17, 2010 11:00 pm - What's up with the 360-degree turnaround of Executive Director of Kane County Health Department Paul Kuehnert since Oct. 27, 2009? My understanding was that Kuehnert was...
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Bring home troops before more are lostAug 17, 2010 11:00 pm - I truly believe that if a poll were conducted asking how many American men and women have lost their lives in the Iraq war, most people wouldn't even be close in their a...
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Dist. 62: We've done our best to keep public informedAug 17, 2010 11:00 pm - On Friday, Aug. 13, the Daily Herald editorialized about the impact of the recent strike by the Chicago Laborers District Council and Local 150 of the International Unio...
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Financial incentives could raise gradesAug 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Right now all the talk is about teachers, test scores, salary, tenure, union intervention and the students not learning. But what is education for? Is it not to improve ...
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Some questions for two DemocratsAug 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Dear Sen. Durbin and Congresswoman Bean: Did you know you $800-plus billions "stimulus" turned into a welfare program for bankrupt states and public unions? Did you kn...