Bloomingdale Opinion
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Soapbox: Cloudy forecast in District 203Aug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Jackie Romberg has her work cut out for her as the newest member of the Naperville Unit District 203 school board. Appointed last week by the six other board members, th...
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Jim and Jake's Ogden Adventure (read the column; see the video)Aug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - The city of Naperville wants to do a makeover of Ogden Avenue. I'm presuming city fathers would like it to be as attractive and successful as its downtown. That's no mea...
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Wanted by disillusioned public: leadersAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - While candidates and pundits wonder endlessly if a presidential wannabe is black enough or woman enough, too Mormon, too liberal or too conservative, voters and taxpaye...
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Dems flip-flopping on war on terrorAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - The Democrat contenders are constantly changing their positions on the war on terror. Sen. Hillary Clinton voted for the Iraq War, then argued that a set date for withd...
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Return to simple method of taxationAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - The first income tax law was enacted in 1862 to support the Civil War. Taxes were collected at various rates, according to a person's income. The system was very simple....
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Emotion, conflict help put life in budget storiesAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Budget stories always present a quandary for newspapers. On one hand, tracking how governments spend tax money is one of the most important things we do in a democracy....
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Stable ACT scores can't mask concernsAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Why are so few Illinois high school graduates prepared for basic college-level academics? And how can matters be improved? Those again emerge as the most important quest...
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This group earned pink slips, not raisesAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Only a governor operating in left field and a legislature operating in the financial twilight zone could subject Illinois residents to such governmental ineptitude as we...
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Universal health care can workAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - I would like to respond to a letter written recently by Carl Palash to the Fence Post, in which he writes about his distrust of a universal health care system in this co...
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No need to raise taxes on gasolineAug 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Regarding Mary Warren's Fence Post opinion, while Mary was at least correct that we need better efficiency in our vehicles, she couldn't be more wrong on the rest of her...