Bolingbrook Opinion
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Endorsement: No on Deer Park sales tax increaseMar 02, 2018 12:00 am - Largely at issue in a Deer Park request for a sales tax increase is who will pay for $400,000 a year in infrastructure improvements in the village. Voters approved a qua...
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Rights not unlimitedFeb 28, 2018 12:00 am - Anton Scalia said our Second Amendment is not unlimited. Similarly, our First Amendment right does not give us the right to yell, "Fire!" in a crowded movie theater. Sca...
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Invest in our childrenFeb 27, 2018 12:00 am - I continue to be disgusted with Trump and DeVos. This administration wants to make it even harder to get a college education, potentially creating a have/have not societ...
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NRA and its minions complicit in carnageFeb 22, 2018 12:00 am - Let's be frank. The leadership of the NRA - not its membership - facilitate the slaughter of our citizens. Although originally founded on sound principles of gun safety ...
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Endorsement: Stella for GOP nomination to Congress from Dist. 11Feb 21, 2018 12:00 am - Two candidates are seeking the Republican nomination for the 11th Congressional District seat currently held by Democrat Bill Foster. Dr. Nick Stella, 49, of Darien is a...
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Imagine if Gore had won in 2000Feb 19, 2018 12:00 am - I wonder what life would be like in the U.S. had Al Gore had won the 2000 election. Since Clinton/Gore had already been through the 1998 attack on the World Trade Center...
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Kleptocrats in styleFeb 15, 2018 12:00 am - As I prepare to write the check for my 2017 tax due to the United States Treasury, it's gratifying to know that it will cover the cost of one of EPA Director Scott Pruit...
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Look at end of term, not beginningFeb 10, 2018 12:00 am - I wish to strongly disagree with the opinion piece titled "Can't have it both ways," in which the author makes the argument that both presidents Clinton and Obama are un...
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Attendance not mandatoryFeb 08, 2018 12:00 am - I can't let this go. To the reader who did not do her homework … attending the State of the Union speech is not a part of a legislators' job description. Antonio Scalia,...
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A silver lining for library projectFeb 05, 2018 12:00 am - The Naperville Historic Preservation Commission has approved the demolition of the 1962 addition to the Old Nichols Library. We did not object to that. However, the deve...