Carol Stream Opinion
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Quit stalling on Cook County reformsMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - It hardly comes as a surprise to see downstate Republicans waving foam fingers in the air and razzing Cook County for having reached the highest sales tax in the nation,...
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Equating abortion with nuclear power?Mar 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Regarding the March 6 Fence Post letter from George Kocan ("Science has no say on human dignity"), all I can say is WHAT?! If I am reading him correctly, he is equating...
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Bridging the generation gap with Pat BooneMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - How do you like the new mug shot of me? Hard to believe it's five years ago to the month that I started writing this column. Hard to believe, too, how my hair has gotten...
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New era brings new balance to two sides of paper's missionMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - In the inner world of a daily newspaper, the "tell the truth" side of the mission and the "make money" side persist in something of a state of uneasy symbiosis. Each sid...
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No compromising land preservationMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - There have been several occasions during my 13-year tenure as president of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County's Board of Commissioners when public and private...
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Obama is clearly the better choiceMar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Hillary Clinton can crow all she wishes about the importance of her wins to date in many of the bigger states, but it doesn't signify unless in November her supporters e...
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'Hope' is not going to keep us safeMar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - If we're willing to be intellectually honest, and start from a baseline that says both Obama and McCain are fundamentally decent men, the decision should come down to th...
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Public works bill must be approvedMar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - I've read that 75 percent of Illinois highways are more than 40 years old and that most were designed to last 40 years. Guess what? Drive anywhere in the suburbs, if you...
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Good question on DuPage turning blueMar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - This is in response to Paula McGowen's Feb. 15 letter to the editor. Paula, it was most appropriate for Sen. Cronin to ask why in God's name anyone would want to turn D...
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Saturday Soapbox: Rec center delay a good ideaMar 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Naperville Park District leaders made the right call when they agreed to delay talks about a new indoor recreation center until Executive Director Daniel Betts gets sett...