Des Plaines Opinion
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Greenberg will stand up for troopsJan 28, 2008 10:00 pm - As a military veteran, I want to express my endorsement of Steve Greenberg for U.S. Congress in the 8th Congressional District. He is a candidate who believes that victo...
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Scheurer: I reflect district's valuesJan 28, 2008 10:00 pm - (This letter is in response to a Daily Herald editorial endorsing Ms. Scheurer's opponent.) Newspapers and politicians like to label our district as "conservative" and s...
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Schools need deafening solution to 'quiet crisis'Jan 27, 2008 10:00 pm - They're calling it the "quiet crisis" facing our schools. But efforts are afoot to step up public awareness of the problem: The lack of qualified math and science teach...
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Hats off to officer who gave assistanceJan 27, 2008 10:00 pm - To the editor: We would like to thank officer Todd Gross of the Arlington Heights police force. On Thursday, our car conked out by Portillo's on Dundee Road. Officer Gro...
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Westbrook costs are there, if you lookJan 27, 2008 10:00 pm - To the editor: Big surprise! District 57's minions are at it again! And, this time, we, the Mount Prospect citizen-taxpayers, are supposedly receiving a New Year's prese...
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Vote for a loyal Republican soldierJan 27, 2008 10:00 pm - To the editor: Year after year the precinct captains of the Regular Republican Organization of Elk Grove Township, which includes large parts of Mount Prospect and Arlin...
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Elect Flannigan in 12th sub-circuitJan 27, 2008 10:00 pm - To the editor: My friends often say that they don't know much about the judicial candidates they vote for on Election Day, so I decided to write to the Daily Herald to r...
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Poor performance not due to moneyJan 27, 2008 10:00 pm - To the editor: The Rev. Bill Hybels is mistaken in saying that children in Barrington and Roseland get equal funding from the state for their education (Daily Herald, Ja...
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Keep CFL bulbs out of landfillsJan 26, 2008 10:00 pm - I'm both pleased and troubled with the proliferation Compact Florescent Light bulbs. While we are being forced to use CFLs, despite their many drawbacks, at least it's a...
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Just like students, seniors get help tooJan 26, 2008 10:00 pm - According to Bob Skarda, (Jan. 15, Fence Post) people on fixed incomes are victims of theft by those with children who use the public schools and force him to pay "disgr...