Des Plaines Opinion
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Thanks for stating the obvious, againApr 27, 2010 11:00 pm - Burt Constable's April 17 column is titled "Babies with 'bad' names can grow to be fine adults". (By 'bad' he means unusual in America.) It is difficult to understand ho...
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I'm reaching my (credit) limitApr 27, 2010 11:00 pm - As a follow-up to my Fence Post letter (Jan. 10, Financial industry caused this collapse), I want to point out how our "friendly neighborhood banks" have gone to another...
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State can't teach us how to save moneyApr 27, 2010 11:00 pm - Saving accounts for every child? On April 22, the Daily Herald published an AP article reporting that Illinois financial officials want every child born in the state to ...
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Stop bill that limit patient choicesApr 26, 2010 11:00 pm - The Illinois Medical Society (physicians of Illinois) is attempting to take away a patient's right to choose where they receive physical therapy simply because it is in ...
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Shaking a baby is never the right moveApr 26, 2010 11:00 pm - April is Shaken Baby Awareness Month. Based on a North Carolina research project published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in August of 2003, approxim...
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Don't thwart financial reformApr 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Mitch McConnell and his gang of 41 Republican senators are threatening to filibuster to stop meaningful financial reform designed to give the SEC real power to regular W...
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Troubled by challenge to Dist. 15 petitionsApr 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Responding to an article in your paper regarding the School District 15 bond issue, I drove to the Palatine Post Office in order to sign the petition which asked that th...
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Casual riders should avoid trail detourApr 25, 2010 11:00 pm - The recent Saturday Soapbox on the Fox River Trail closure was well intentioned, but it is a little more complicated than a simple detour. I agree the Illinois Prairie P...
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School boards part of pension problemApr 25, 2010 11:00 pm - On Sunday, we detailed how the state legislature failed to fulfill its obligation to fund pensions for teachers and school administrators. That represents a big chunk of...
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Prospect Hts. stickers already outdatedApr 25, 2010 11:00 pm - To the genius who designed and approved the 2010 Prospect Heights vehicle sticker: What were you thinking? Now that the census is officially over, all vehicles in the ci...