Bensenville Opinion
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Pension series was spot onMay 01, 2010 11:00 pm - The April 26 editorial, "School boards part of pension crisis," was spot on. Naperville Unit District 203 serves as a prime example of the conflict of interest that exis...
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Borrow, spend, then go on merry wayMay 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Let's see now, the DuPage County Board estimates it can save us $1.5 million dollars annually if they take over the DuPage Water Commission. This board along with the co...
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More judgments on well-meaning peopleApr 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Our president has ordered all American flags flying in Haiti to be taken down lest we be thought of as an occupying country. It is true, we did flood this desperate coun...
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Tea party members not just old foolsApr 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Many of the people that attended Naperville's tea party lived through and participated in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and believe it or not Desert Stor...
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Surplus of overpaid brown-nosersApr 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Bill Dussling, president of the Northwest Suburban High School district 214 school board is quoted as saying, "When you're asked to meet the kind of academic standards o...
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CDH 'welfare' idea typical myopiaApr 30, 2010 11:00 pm - In an April 20 letter, a disgruntled publisher of a failed newspaper attempted to make a case for a Central DuPage Hospital welfare program to subsidize road maintenance...
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Madoff and bankers both got 150Apr 30, 2010 11:00 pm - The crimes of Bernie Madoff pail in comparison to those of the Banksters from Wall Street investment houses. Madoff spent decades swindling the rich - people who closed...
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Are only secular views permissible?Apr 29, 2010 11:00 pm - I wish to respond to Joe Bauer's April 24 letter to the editor. He believes that "there is no God's plan" in the events of history. Where is the scientific evidence that...
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Two solutions to pension problemApr 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Thanks for the great series on state pensions, maybe Pulitzer Prize material. But aren't there two other solutions? 1. Tax pension benefits. Right now, retirement benef...
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VW commercials promote violenceApr 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Have you seen the recent VW commercials? I was taken by the behavior used in them. The first commercial shows two security personnel watching cameras in a parking lot; o...