Des Plaines Opinion
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Get off the phone and pay attentionDec 14, 2008 10:00 pm - At 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19, I was driving northbound on Arlington Heights Road just south of Golf Road. I noticed an ambulance pulling out of the Arlington Heights fi...
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Dist. 214 levy hike must be a misprintDec 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Surely there must have been a printing error ... the article heading read, "Dist. 214 will seek tax levy increase." Surely it was intended to read "DECREASE." That would...
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Jones didn't act in state's best interestDec 13, 2008 10:00 pm - Emil Jones, Gov. Blagojevich's closest ally in the state legislature, killed the effort that would allow voters to recall Blagojevich. With just days left to get a Const...
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Special election is the best optionDec 12, 2008 10:00 pm - The mess created by Gov. Blagojevich needs special action right away. One of the charges is that he was trying to sell the senate seat. As this ongoing saga plays out, h...
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Why should Blagojevich resign?Dec 12, 2008 10:00 pm - I don't think Blagojevich should resign, why should he? Bill Clinton, Democrat, didn't. He lied to a federal judge and a federal grand jury about immoral sex with a fema...
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Saving accounts help the economyDec 09, 2008 10:00 pm - In reference to the Nov. 22 Soapbox, your idea of spending the stimulus check from IRS on material items shows society is to blame for much of an individual's decisions....
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Finish contract with NSSEO teachersDec 07, 2008 10:00 pm - As a product of school districts 15, 25 and 214, I write on behalf of the staff and students, present and future, as well as a stepparent of a former Northwest Suburban ...
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Government help is bailout of capitalismDec 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Capitalism. I looked it up in the dictionary. I did not see the words "government bailout." Sean Herling Mount Prospect ...
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More transparency in school fundingDec 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Your editorial of Nov. 23, "Accountability will improve schools" highlighted needed reforms that must be considered before additional taxpayer dollars are poured into Il...
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Second-guessing isn't leadershipDec 03, 2008 10:00 pm - President-elect Barack Obama informs us that the Detroit automakers "should have had a better plan". Well, of course. What is easier than second guessing? James R. Schae...