Bloomingdale Opinion
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Actions, not tweets, are damaging AmericaJan 15, 2018 12:00 am - While the focus in the mainstream media and on social media remains fixed on our president's abuse of his Twitter account and the number of days he spends golfing, his p...
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Taxpayers lose again in District 200 planJan 14, 2018 12:00 am - After District 200 twice failed to win taxpayer support for funds to rebuild Jefferson Early Childhood Center ($17.6 million in 2013 and $16.6 million in April 2013), th...
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Don't forget 'prince' on World Peace DayJan 13, 2018 12:00 am - On the surface, the olio gathering of religious leaders to wish and pray for peace looks and sounds wonderful. However, the one key ingredient to all of this seems to be...
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Editorial: Let facts guide decision on treatment centerJan 11, 2018 10:00 pm - The myriad reasons for Wheaton residents packing the city's planning and zoning board meeting to object to a proposed substance abuse treatment center boil down to one k...
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Remember need for skilled tradesJan 11, 2018 12:00 am - I read the opinions of candidates for the 6th District in Congress and their main concerns about the current state of, basically, the cost of a college education. Well, ...
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Editorial: The importance of persistence in government consolidationJan 09, 2018 4:00 am - If there is one thing we learn about reform from watching government in Illinois, it is that persistence is a required ingredient for success. It took more than 20 year...
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Editorial: DuPage, Kane persistence in government consolidationJan 09, 2018 12:00 am - If there is one thing we learn about reform from watching government in Illinois, it is that persistence is a required ingredient for success. It took more than 20 year...
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Tax cuts don't lead to economic growthJan 08, 2018 12:00 am - Wayne Sills letter to the editor suggested that GDP increases with tax cuts. According to the Congressional Research Service study done in 2012, "Taxes and the Economy: ...
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Time is urgent to avert world crisisJan 06, 2018 12:00 am - With a defiantly goading North Korea, we are facing the possibility of the unimaginable. And what are we hearing from our president? Our president tosses out a glib "We ...
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Fight back against bullyingJan 05, 2018 12:00 am - My husband and I strongly recommend that Kirk Smalley from Stand for the Silent, a nationally recognized bully prevention organization, be invited to all of our area sch...