Des Plaines Opinion
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Dunne should ask questions, BobNov 21, 2009 10:00 pm - I couldn't disagree more with 30-year Elgin City Councilman Bob Gilliam's analogy that the city council is like "a family." Apparently he feels that Elgin's "family busi...
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I want insurance, not a handoutNov 21, 2009 10:00 pm - I'm a substitute teacher who works almost every school day, I also teach summer school. I make less than $25,000 a year. I'm a government employee who can't even buy int...
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We'll remember this at the pollsNov 21, 2009 10:00 pm - Let me understand, spend money that you don't have, raise unemployment rates beyond where you said they would go, bring known terrorists to the United States on purpose,...
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Leave terror suspects at Guantanamo BayNov 21, 2009 10:00 pm - Would somebody please explain to me and the rest of the United States what the difference is between holding the combatants at Guantanamo Bay and holding them in a state...
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Saturday SoapboxNov 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Drive Route 59 lately? If you've driven Route 59 north across DuPage County and into Cook County anywhere near rush hour, well, you've been moving slowly. Isn't it irrit...
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Obama must step up on climate changeNov 20, 2009 10:00 pm - This December the whole world will be watching the United Nations in Copenhagen as world leaders build the framework for an international treaty to fight climate change....
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Inflation is flat, but it costs more to liveNov 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Mr. Knudsen wrote that people should provide for their own retirement, not rely on Social Security and are not entitled to cost of living adjustments. Mr. Knudson is qui...
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Listen to experts about mammogramsNov 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Am I the only one that finds it very suspect that "a government panel' has recommended that women should begin mammograms at age 50, and only receive them every two year...
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Columnist is just spewing hatredNov 20, 2009 10:00 pm - In the Nov. 17 Daily Herald, columnist Richard Cohen advises former President Bush on how to better spend his money. He suggests an ongoing investigation of Sarah Palin....
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Clip news articles to prepare for votingNov 20, 2009 10:00 pm - I find myself despairing over the corruption and self-serving attitudes of those representing us in Cook County, the state of Illinois, and in Washington, D.C. I wonder ...