Des Plaines Opinion
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Flat tax is the only fair taxAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Mr. President, how about going to a flat tax? We have a system in place now that's broke and has been broken for many years. No two people could interpret the laws now t...
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We need highways not tollwaysAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - I can only imagine how frustrated the woman in your front page article dated June 21 on tollway potholes was. After being conned into jumping through hoops of submitted ...
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Healthcare fix makes us freerAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - All the fear mongering about the proposal to reform the delivery of health care in our nation is very short on rational analysis about the problems within the system. Th...
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A new low for Buffalo GroveAug 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Once again, the Buffalo Grove Village Board has hit a new low. At the most recent board meeting, Trustee Braiman came prepared for high drama, having prepared a four or...
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McGuire politics hurt Hanover Twp.Aug 09, 2009 11:00 pm - I would like to shine some light on the unfortunate state of affairs at Hanover Township since the April election. Like many others, I have fallen victim to Brian McGuir...
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Surprise, dismay on funeral home voteAug 09, 2009 11:00 pm - To the Arlington Heights Village Board: Having lived in Arlington Heights for almost 40 years, and having subscribed to the Daily Herald since it was a weekly, I am real...
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Red-light cameras beg answersAug 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Recently revealed accident statistics showed Schaumburg never had any significant red light running problems. Also, the Meacham & Woodfield Red Light Camera (RLC) inters...
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Thanks, Coach Fed, from a 'Fedhead'Aug 09, 2009 11:00 pm - In 1973 Greg Fedyski ("Fed") was my eighth-grade basketball coach at MacArthur Junior High School. At that time, if you wanted to play basketball for Fed, you had to run...
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U.S. Senators don't control police grantsAug 09, 2009 11:00 pm - The "Saturday Soapbox" column implied that U.S. Senators could direct federal grant money under the COPS Hiring Program to specific communities. That's not the case. Whi...
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More street work, fewer sound wallsAug 09, 2009 11:00 pm - I wonder how many potholes, streets and/or bridges could have been repaired with the money spent on sound walls adjacent to our expressways? I think maybe our priorities...