Des Plaines Opinion
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Cameras at crossings would be a sure betAug 05, 2010 11:00 pm - Every night I cross the railroad tracks on Dundee Road in Wheeling, and every night I see not one, not two, but sometimes as many as four cars stopped on the railroad tr...
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Troubling questions in Hobbs caseAug 05, 2010 11:00 pm - This is what we know today in the case of Jerry Hobbs: His daughter, Laura, and her friend, Krystal Tobias, just 8 and 9 respectively, were brutally murdered in Zion on ...
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Tea party shows signs of racism, no toleranceAug 05, 2010 11:00 pm - I heard Joe Biden declare that the tea party is not a racist organization. It is obvious that Joe has never gotten out of his house in his youth very much. The tea party...
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Downplay problems at national cemeteryAug 05, 2010 11:00 pm - As a veteran of foreign wars, I've sympathetic feelings for the families of loved ones who sacrificed their lives to protect their country. I feel that the disseminatio...
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Pensions won't be there for teachersAug 04, 2010 11:00 pm - The top 100 school district administrators who are near retirement will receive an estimated $887 million in pension money during their retirement, according to the teac...
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What's the harm in breaking the law?Aug 04, 2010 11:00 pm - I'm pretty sure you and I can trust each other, but what about that guy over there? I'll bet he is breaking some law somehow, maybe speeding, or perhaps not paying all o...
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Read between lines of Dold's statementsAug 04, 2010 11:00 pm - With information being thrown at us from all over the place, it's our responsibility as voters now more than ever to do the work necessary to distinguish truth from fict...
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'Public servants' paid handsomelyAug 03, 2010 11:00 pm - First, according to current logic, we have to expend great sums of taxpayer money to acquire these guys, then we have to expend, so we're told, great sums of taxpayer mo...
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Roth puts needs of residents firstAug 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Streamwood's Mayor Billie Roth has more than proven that her "hands on" leadership style works. Billie was elected during a time when Streamwood was on the brink of fina...
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GOP does no favors for AmericansAug 02, 2010 11:00 pm - How is it possible that an entire party of politicians, Republicans, can vote so consistently, 100 percent, against every bill that tries to improve the lot of the peop...