Des Plaines Opinion
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Hasn't been sanitary district for 10 yearsNov 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Regarding your headline of Wednesday, Nov. 5, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago enthusiastically welcomes it incumbents Frank Avila, Kathleen Th...
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Senior center asking city to revisit cutsNov 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Recently the Des Plaines City Council deleted support to the Des Plaines senior center for the $40,000 which had been in the 2009 budget. There is no question that budge...
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McCain simply was not acceptableNov 16, 2008 10:00 pm - The losers of this election just can't seem to accept the fact that the people have voted and John McCain was not acceptable. The people didn't want another four years ...
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Mathias offers his thanks to votersNov 16, 2008 10:00 pm - A sincere and humble thank you to all of the voters in the 53rd District. Whether voting absentee, early, or on Nov. 4, your message came through with strength and convi...
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Automakers don't deserve bailoutsNov 15, 2008 10:00 pm - I think that Ford, GM and Chrysler have got a lot of nerve asking the government to bail them out. Between the three companies, they put themselves into the situation t...
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A new way to elect our presidentsNov 14, 2008 10:00 pm - The presidential caucuses and primaries that start in January the year before the general elections lasting about 17 months is definitely too long. The candidates portra...
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There'll be limits on jokes about ObamaNov 14, 2008 10:00 pm - I have two comments on an article in the L&E section of the Daily Herald. It seems that the media comedians are having trouble finding Barack Obama jokes whereas they h...
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We need better basis to judge our judgesNov 14, 2008 10:00 pm - The Illinois system of voting to retain or not retain judges is an empty gesture. We have no basis for making a decision concerning sitting judges except for the evaluat...
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Why do we send bad judges to the bench?Nov 13, 2008 10:00 pm - People complain about our judicial system, but when they have a chance to do something about it, they don't. Every election, it's the same: We elect a few bad judges. Mo...
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Can we finally get past skin color now?Nov 13, 2008 10:00 pm - The election of Mr. Obama to the presidency of the United States of America by an overwhelming quantity and quality of voters invokes the question: How long will the int...