Bloomingdale Opinion
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The Soapbox: Good citizensFeb 18, 2011 12:00 am - Fearing retribution, witnesses sometimes keep quiet about gang-related crimes. Residents of an apartment complex in Prospect Heights deserve credit for steering police t...
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Chocolate no magic cure for fibromyalgiaFeb 17, 2011 11:00 pm - I read the recent article “Why Do We Love Chocolate So Much?” with interest. The article suggests that chocolate may be a cure for fibromyalgia. As a person who has suff...
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Think about donating older carFeb 17, 2011 11:00 pm - Since 1990, SARET Charitable Fund has facilitated car donations and car repairs to hundreds residents in the western suburbs of Chicago. Each car donated, and each car r...
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You can make dent in $14 trillion debtFeb 17, 2011 11:00 pm - When your credit card hits its $2,000 limit, the credit card company generally responds not with a firm letter telling you to stop spending more money than you make, but...
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Constitution can't be taken for grantedFeb 17, 2011 11:00 pm - Recent events in the Middle East have quickened the pulse of the world's oppressed people. They have seen the unthinkable become reality and must be feeling a sense of h...
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Township refuse vote an easy choiceFeb 17, 2011 11:00 pm - There will be an important referendum for residents of the unincorporated areas of Bloomingdale Township on the ballot April 5. If passed this referendum will authorize ...
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Roselle candidates aren't charging to talkFeb 17, 2011 10:00 pm - I am responding to the Saturday, Feb. 5, Fence Post letter questioning the need for political parties in Roselle. The sender likened local political parties to the type ...
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Innovation and school consolidationFeb 17, 2011 10:00 pm - The suburbs are home to loads of public school systems. Just under 300 of them, all told, located here in the six-county area around Chicago. That represents about a thi...
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More to the story about deadbeat dadsFeb 17, 2011 12:00 am - The DuPage County Daily Herald’s front page article (“County targets deadbeat dads,” Feb. 15) touted the success of DuPage County’s sting plan executed on Valentine’s Da...
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Give mosque proposal a fair shakeFeb 17, 2011 12:00 am - I am asking that DuPage County leaders give a fair hearing to the mosque proposal for 91st Street and Route 83. You can easily get off the hook for this by not falling f...