Des Plaines Opinion
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It's time to take control of our livesFeb 25, 2009 10:00 pm - The dumbing down of America never ceases to amaze me and will never go away if the American people "don't wake up and hear the birds sing." Unfortunately, our country ha...
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Give us a break if we pay on timeFeb 24, 2009 10:00 pm - Since I am bordering on being a senior citizen, I still sit down and write out my bills the old-fashioned way - writing checks and using stamps - I feel more secure that...
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Let's put village money to better useFeb 22, 2009 10:00 pm - Joan Gall's letter in the Feb. 2, 2009 Daily Herald regarding Mount Prospect's $27,000 expenditure for village signs publicizing, "We are the #1 best place to raise chil...
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Supports Gialamas for township trusteeFeb 22, 2009 10:00 pm - I am writing about Peter Gialamas who is running for trustee in Maine Township. Peter is a fine man who loves his community. He has served both on the city level in Des ...
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Time to secede from Cook County?Feb 21, 2009 10:00 pm - Recently, five members of the Illinois General Assembly reached out to Hanover Township Supervisor Mike Kelly and several other township supervisors in Northwest Cook Co...
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Young people give hope for the futureFeb 21, 2009 10:00 pm - "OUSTED" was the headline on Jan. 30. That's certainly appropriate for the day after the governor was removed. What also pleased me, in a different way, was the headline...
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Saturday SoapboxFeb 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Another gauge of road damage: We have another, nonscientific gauge of how badly winter has hurt suburban roads: Daily Herald editors who are road cyclists. As we await s...
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Foes of Obama lack consistencyFeb 20, 2009 10:00 pm - I would like to thank Thomas A. Smith for his letter, which made a great point ... but probably not the one he was getting at. Mr. Smith complains about President Obama ...
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High-paid positions don't sound charitableFeb 19, 2009 10:00 pm - A recent letter to the editor advocated charitable contributions. That followed an article regarding the dismissal of Rod Blagojevich's wife from her $100,000-a-year pos...
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If Ditka ran, who'd be president now?Feb 19, 2009 10:00 pm - It seems that everyone has overlooked the fact that if Mike Ditka, would have run against Barack Obama for U.S. Senator as a lot of people wanted him to way back when, h...