Des Plaines Opinion
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Rank and file should copy public worksDec 06, 2009 10:00 pm - My vote of "no confidence" goes to Hoffman Estates Police Union President Flo Williams. I think her comment smacks of arrogance. Sorry guys, but after supporting the ran...
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Encouragement from an unexpected sourceDec 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Accompanying a relative to the Illinois' Unemployment Office in Arlington Heights yesterday, I was impressed not only by the staff's professionalism, but mostly by their...
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Planned Parenthood just wants moneyDec 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Steven Trombley of Illinois Planned Parenthood only perpetuates a giant hoax when he claims that Planned Parenthood has women's health care in mind when it insists that ...
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Is Dist. 211 operating in a financial vacuum?Dec 06, 2009 10:00 pm - I just looked at the second installment of my 2008 Tax Bill. What is going on over there? Are they aware that the unemployment rate in Illinois is about 15-20% when peop...
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Bilingual kids will have more successDec 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Ontarioville Elementary School should teach Spanish as a second language to students who do not speak it. I believe it is essential to teach Spanish to students who are ...
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High schools should be frank about STIsDec 06, 2009 10:00 pm - In the past few years the number of people infected by sexually transmitted infections has increased. Streamwood High School (should) provide more information about sexu...
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Mandatory recycling a good idea for areaDec 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Recycling is a simple thing that everyone can do to help save the environment, yet many people do not bother separating their garbage to be recycled. I believe that a ma...
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When did we become reliant on government?Dec 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Recently, one of Channel 11's programs was about the "Dust Bowl" that occurred during the 1930s. Being a child, I did not fully understand what had happened during this ...
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What's a climate czar, anyway?Dec 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Let me start by saying people like myself who question the motives of the global warming, excuse me, climate change crowd are not pro-pollution. We don't walk around say...
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Health care is about doctors, patientsDec 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Thank you for your editorial, "Get vaccine to those who need it most". Indeed medical offices have been waiting to get H1N1 vaccines for their patients while health depa...