Des Plaines Opinion
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We're focusing on the wrong thingsMay 05, 2014 5:01 am - Has anyone else felt overloaded with the commentary regarding the alleged statements of Donald Sterling? Do we need to be told again and again how asinine and deplorable...
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Stop the exodus of Illinois companiesMay 02, 2014 5:01 am - Hey you - you in Springfield. You, who are supposed to be representing us. How long must we wait before you start? Today's paper announces that Walgreen is under pressur...
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Editorial: Public need meets private good in Harper programApr 30, 2014 11:00 pm - On Tuesday, we read about Denise Owens, a single mom who has survived a bad marriage and bad kidneys, and who turned her life around with a determined spirit and help fr...
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Closing Maryville will put patients at riskApr 30, 2014 5:01 am - Des Plaines-based Maryville Behavioral Health Hospital filed a petition to close its facility and will be seeking to get on the agenda for the June 3 meeting of the Illi...
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Editorial: Lessons of Libertyville's downtown success storyApr 29, 2014 5:00 am - If Libertyville's story can serve as a model for successful downtown renovations - and we believe it can - then what are some of the key lessons to take from it? Some ob...
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New driving range is driving costs upApr 28, 2014 5:01 am - In your article of April 3, 2014 regarding budget overruns for the renovation of the Mount Prospect Golf course, you failed to recognize the most egregious cause of the ...
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Just disagree and move onApr 27, 2014 5:01 am - I am intolerant, and so are you. Leaving aside race/nationality, gender and handicap, things over which we have no control, almost everyone is intolerant. In fact, I hav...
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Obamacare will be no stranger to fraudApr 26, 2014 5:01 am - Did you see the latest news? Well, unless you read the obituaries, you missed the fact that Obama's aunt had lived in the U.S. illegally for years. Being denied asylum b...
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Editorial: School nutrition is more than lunchApr 23, 2014 11:00 pm - Two years after the National School Lunch Program made big strides toward providing students with more nutritious food, Northwest Suburban High School District 214 is co...
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Slayings in Kansas stem from lack of understandingApr 20, 2014 5:01 am - The innocent lives taken at the Kansas Jewish community center and senior living facility was a heinous act against mankind - and I'm deeply sorry to the families who lo...