Des Plaines Opinion
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Follow the law, avoid a ticketAug 03, 2009 11:00 pm - It is time to get serious. "Red-light violations make for great TV." Maybe so, but this is no laughing matter. I don't care if there is money to be made, for sure there ...
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Understand real cost of health-care billAug 03, 2009 11:00 pm - This is not the time for Congresswoman Melissa Bean to demonstrate party loyalty. The health-care proposals before Congress will impact everyone she represents in Illino...
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Give us safe place to shoot Airsoft gunsAug 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Dear Arlington Heights Youth Commission, A few weeks ago my mother pointed out an article in Daily Herald (June 20, Local Focus) that she thought was of interest to me. ...
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League health care forum run poorlyAug 02, 2009 11:00 pm - I attended the health care form last night in Palatine. It was advertised on the marquee as a health care forum in downtown Palatine. From the Web site the league is pro...
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Marijuana law should be fixedAug 02, 2009 11:00 pm - The Illinois Chapter of the National Organization to Reform Marijuana Laws supports Cook County's efforts to ticket cannabis offenders, the problem with the cannabis dec...
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Beware of cemetery purse-snatchersAug 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Please consider my experience as a possible sub-story to the Illinois cemetery scandals. I went out to visit my mom at Queen of Heaven Cemetery and while I spent 10 minu...
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Where have all the taxes gone?Aug 02, 2009 11:00 pm - There is a plot of land in Des Plaines that once held a few old houses. I would estimate these properties, combined, probably paid maybe $10,000 or so in real estate tax...
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Reveal true cost of Tour of Elk GroveAug 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Mayor Johnson, how much is YOUR bike race really costing the taxpayers of Elk Grove Village? Being a long time resident of Elk Grove, (40 years) I've seen a lot of growt...
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Conservative calls birthers 'cranks'Aug 01, 2009 11:00 pm - To all those birthers out there, who maintain Barack Obama is not a citizen and, therefore, cannot legally be the President of the U.S., I can only say, "Get over yourse...
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Video poker will bring terrible consequencesAug 01, 2009 11:00 pm - In a recent letter ("Video gaming will add jobs, revenue", July 27) the President of the Illinois Coin Machine Operators Association, Mr. Fielder, extolled the benefits ...