Des Plaines Opinion
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Billboard expense a waste of moneyFeb 01, 2009 10:00 pm - It isn't very often something upsets me and I feel like writing a letter. In today's Daily Herald page 3 tells us the Village of Mount Prospect is paying $27,000 to put ...
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Roving patrols save money, livesFeb 01, 2009 10:00 pm - The roving police patrols in Des Plaines over the weekend are the most effective way to maximize DUI arrests and save taxpayer money ("Police on Super Bowl duty," Jan. 2...
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Tree vandal should step up and admit itFeb 01, 2009 10:00 pm - This past November, I read in the blotter that some Halloween vandalism had taken place near Prospect High School. In that blotter note, it mentioned a tree had been sto...
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Governor should be first of many to fallJan 31, 2009 10:00 pm - Now that the Blagojevich era has finally ended we can start counting the days until the Illinois income tax is raised and the senior citizens free transportation pass is...
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Check record on local hospitalJan 31, 2009 10:00 pm - At Resurrection Health Care, providing excellent care is fundamental to our mission and values. Area residents should be confident that the scope of services provided at...
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Here's an offer Illinois can't refuseJan 30, 2009 10:00 pm - Hey Illinois! Need a new Governor? Need a new Senator? I'll do either one of those jobs for $10,000 a year, an apartment within walking distance of work (studio apartmen...
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There are no heroes in 'Valkyrie'Jan 29, 2009 10:00 pm - I watched the touted film "Valkyrie" with our hero Tom Cruise who is portrayed as spearheading an assassination attempt on Hitler. The entire movie is a failure, a piece...
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Some suggestions for Big Ten footballJan 29, 2009 10:00 pm - In his column, "Big Ten a joke ... and that's no joke," Mike Imrem writes: "As an Illinois alumnus, it seems to me that a conference comprised of great research universi...
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Scandals have left a broken societyJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - It seems like every day a new scandal or breach of trust is brought into the open. The people who took out mortgages and were not informed of the consequences of buying ...
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Let's have a clean fight, candidatesJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - Even before that last weathered McCain sign is gone from the landscape and just as sure as daffodils bloom in the spring, you'll soon see a fresh crop of campaign signs....