Des Plaines Opinion
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Pat Botterman will be rememberedMar 19, 2008 11:00 pm - It is with great sadness that I read of the passing of Pat Botterman. I had come to know Pat when I ran on a bipartisan slate for a township post. I found that Pat had a...
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Liberals jeopardize country's futureMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - This is the first time in my life (81 years), I have fear for the future of my country. Because I have been an active, dedicated conservative Republican volunteer for 60...
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Secession a good idea, can't happenMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - I would like to comment on two articles in today's Herald (March 13). The first comment concerns the idea of seceding from Crook (sic) County. While I am completely in...
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Clinton would be awful as presidentMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - This is regards to the letter written by Ginger Marcuccelli (Feb. 8). She is berating women for not backing Hillary Clinton and states it is women's duty to support he...
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Shooting story shows paper's biasMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Working in law enforcement since 1967, I thought I would have gotten accustomed to the media and would not have let a news article bother me -- but your bias and dislike...
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Drivers see but ignore red lightsMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - The editorial in the March 4 Daily Herald says you are reluctant to support the use of red-light cameras. Many of your arguments suggest that the reason folks run red li...
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Quit stalling on Cook County reformsMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - It hardly comes as a surprise to see downstate Republicans waving foam fingers in the air and razzing Cook County for having reached the highest sales tax in the nation,...
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Saturday Soapbox: Border warsMar 14, 2008 11:00 pm - First there were the Hatfields and the McCoys. Then, the gamblers and the non-gamblers. Followed by the smokers and the non-smokers. But Cook County's recent sales tax h...
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New era brings new balance to two sides of paper's missionMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - In the inner world of a daily newspaper, the "tell the truth" side of the mission and the "make money" side persist in something of a state of uneasy symbiosis. Each sid...
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Kudos to Palatine on sales tax disputeMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Bravo to Palatine's elected officials for voicing their displeasure about the increase in sales tax and for investigating "where's the money going." I wish I lived in ...