Des Plaines Opinion
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Punish deed not breedJun 05, 2010 11:00 pm - Living in a large suburban 'city' like Elgin, it was only a matter of time before an incident involving a pit bull, or pit bull-like dog, made headlines. The incident i...
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Another affront from Stroger & Co.Jun 05, 2010 11:00 pm - It's more than nice that Cook County officials paid tribute last Thursday to one of the suburbs' most legendary county commissioners by renaming Shoe Factory Road Woods ...
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The uninsured pose too great a costJun 05, 2010 11:00 pm - Forty million residents without health care coverage are an epidemic at any time. Just visit any hospital today and see the increased number of isolation patients with c...
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Senate race presents lesser of two evilsJun 05, 2010 11:00 pm - Get out and vote, we're told. You have no right to complain if you don't. That is what I have always believed and still do. Yet over the years I have found myself voting...
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Trouble ahead if you don't claim incomeJun 05, 2010 11:00 pm - When the Gulf oil disaster first happened I was concerned for the fishermen and their livelihood. But now I'm not. BP has offered to pay them for their lost earning if t...
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Scaled-back space program makes senseJun 04, 2010 11:00 pm - I am in complete agreement with President Barack Obama's decision to change the space program. Though we have had large gains from some of our space exploration, the neg...
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Soapbox: Actions speak louder than wordsJun 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Actions speak louder than words: Go ahead, Cook County commissioners, and express your outrage over Arizona's immigration law with your vote to boycott businesses from t...
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Pray for quick end to Gulf oil disasterJun 04, 2010 11:00 pm - A neighbor of mine who was born in Poland, exiled to Siberia in 1942 to die, and is with us today as a result of a series of miracles (as she stated), asked that I send ...
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Kinder, gentler immigration reformJun 04, 2010 11:00 pm - The American Citizens of Fox Valley Citizens for Peace & Justice supports comprehensive immigration reform and call upon Congressman Bill Foster, Sen. Dick Durbin and Se...
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Towns must pay into pension plansJun 04, 2010 11:00 pm - In the May 31 Daily Herald Fence Post, Mayor Turry of Lincolnwood wrote a cogent, but one-sided opinion on the status of public safety pension reform in Illinois. Please...