All Stories from August 22, 2012 (Change date)
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Walsh’s refusal to compromise is harmfulAug 22, 2012 5:00 am - I saw a political cartoon in the Daily Herald comparing Republicans to teenagers who complain and criticize, and never come up with constructive solutions of their own. ...
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Speak out against rising property taxesAug 22, 2012 5:00 am - My residential home property tax this year is up 20 percent, and last year it was hiked 19.6 percent. We had no improvements and used homeowners and senior citizen exemp...
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Romney’s candor is refreshingAug 22, 2012 4:49 am - Romney’s candor is refreshing This is in response to Eugene Robinson’s column of Aug 2. Eugene, as an impartial journalist I thought that you would see how refreshi...
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A fitting honor for Mayor Mueller?Aug 22, 2012 4:49 am - A fitting honor for Mayor Mueller? Lombard Mayor William Mueller always had a smile and kind word for anyone. As the volunteer president of the Illinois Prairie Pat...
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Board members made a differenceAug 22, 2012 4:49 am - Board members made a difference Thank you, DuPage County Board members, for voting 14 to 2 in our favor. You made a difference and saved our unincorporated Glen Ell...
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Quinn’s misguided sense of justiceAug 22, 2012 4:49 am - Quinn’s misguided sense of justice I don’t understand some of Gov. Quinn’s solutions. OK, he wants to ban assault weapons in Illinois. No problem. He is going down ...
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Stand up for what you believeAug 22, 2012 4:40 am - “I sit here and I wonder if there is a church out there where I could feel comfortable going with my beliefs.” (Daily Herald, Aug. 15.) How profound a statement. It ackn...
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Jesus wouldn’t condemn gaysAug 22, 2012 4:40 am - I am writing in response to the letter from James J. Abbott. He states the Boy Scouts of America were wrong in excluding openly gay youth from their organization. He say...
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New pitcher, same result for CubsAug 22, 2012 12:34 am - MILWAUKEE — Rebuilding jobs usually take a lot of time, but the Cubs are retooling their starting pitching rotation on the fly. The trading deadline claimed Ryan Dempste...
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Bears’ Bush says he’s more than goal-line backAug 22, 2012 12:29 am - On his 8-yard touchdown run Saturday night, Michael Bush proved with a nifty sidestep at the line of scrimmage that anyone who pigeonholes him strictly as a short-yardag...