Carol Stream Opinion
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Roskam overstated cost-per-jobFeb 03, 2009 10:00 pm - There can be many opinions about what kind of stimulus package is needed to jump-start the economy. But there is no room for repeating a false argument in a debate after...
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$1-per-gallon gas tax for researchFeb 02, 2009 10:00 pm - The American public has spoken and wants this new administration to finally get going on resolving the energy challenges we face in this country. The greatest challenge ...
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Will we have to run to post office?Jan 31, 2009 10:00 pm - Some of us oldies will remember that in Chicago the mail was delivered twice a day. Now we have it once a day, excluding Sundays and certain defined holidays. It is bein...
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Obama inauguration was 'overwhelming'Jan 30, 2009 10:00 pm - The awesome pageantry and sheer magnitude of the inauguration of our 44th President was overwhelming for me. Only time is capable of sorting it all out and bringing into...
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Existing human versus potentialJan 30, 2009 10:00 pm - In her Jan. 23 letter, Mary Ann Cronauer, commenting on the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, says that the U.S. Supreme Court "gave women the right to legally kill their...
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Why hold Wheaton event elsewhere?Jan 30, 2009 10:00 pm - A recent news story concerned Wheaton Mayor Mike Gresk's annual State of the City address to the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce. He noted that a downturn in the city's sale...
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Candidates: We need your e-mail addressesJan 29, 2009 10:00 pm - One hundred and one. Not dalmations; that's the number of local governments falling within our circulation area in DuPage County. Twenty nine school districts. Twenty tw...
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Let's have a clean fight, candidatesJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - Even before that last weathered McCain sign is gone from the landscape and just as sure as daffodils bloom in the spring, you'll soon see a fresh crop of campaign signs....
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Scope of church plan is drawing ireJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - DuPage County Board member Patrick O'Shea is quoted in the Daily Herald as saying, "Right now the church is only seeking approval for a conditional use for that area as ...
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Stimulus plan must make real impact nowJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - Five hundred thousand jobs lost last month, the Dow Jones industrial average teetering at 8,000, and home prices continuing to plummet - to say our economy is in need of...