Des Plaines Opinion
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Pensions don't deserve the bad rapAug 08, 2010 11:00 pm - News articles around the state have been beating up on public pension benefits. The direct or indirect message seems to be that pensions are somehow, in some way, a bad ...
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Buffalo Grove ethics panel looks familiar, somehowAug 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Mr. Elliott Hartstein named the members of the new Ethics Committee in addition to the chairman of the committee. All the members are good Buffalo Grove citizens who wil...
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Calling me 'angry' entirely inaccurateAug 08, 2010 11:00 pm - I'm an advocate of fair and accurate reporting, however, the inaccuracies and omissions in "Final piece still in limbo" (Aug. 2) are too numerous to mention in the limit...
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Real problem in Dist. 15 is separation agreementAug 08, 2010 11:00 pm - This is in response to the recent letter by Vince Hunn, ("Millar is leading District 15 into ruin", Aug. 2). While Mr. Hunn correctly notes that Mr. Millar (along with e...
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Add healthful eating on back-to-school checklistAug 08, 2010 11:00 pm - A new school year is about to start. New clothes? Check. Supplies? Check. Class schedule and bus routes plotted? Check. Healthy lunches and snacks bought? Hmmm. Not on t...
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No quick fixes to energy problemsAug 08, 2010 11:00 pm - The Gulf of Mexico oil spill continues to generate anger and angst but also provides a teaching moment to discuss some key truths about the future of energy in America. ...
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MCAT a powerful investigative toolAug 08, 2010 11:00 pm - The investigation of the July 22, 2010, murder of Jean Louis Wattecamps in his far south side Mount Prospect apartment by the Major Case Assistance Team and Mount Prospe...
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Mt. Prospect manager not being held accountableAug 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Very sorry to hear the (Mount Prospect) village manager, Michael Janonis, is not being held accountable for his DUI. Our (District 57) bus driver superintendent, Vince, ...
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Older adults lacking the help they needAug 08, 2010 11:00 pm - The recent death of a 79-year-old Skokie woman in a home so filled with trash that rescuers had to remove her body through a hole in the roof is an example of self-negle...
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Ensure an ethical lottery transitionAug 08, 2010 11:00 pm - The Illinois Lottery will soon come under new management. In a move that state officials are hoping will improve the lottery's performance and return significant revenue...