Downers Grove Opinion
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Banks’ greed won’t abate without ‘help’May 22, 2012 1:00 am - Banks claim they must have immense size in order to meet the liquidity needs of their largest customers. However, risking financial collapse is the price the country is ...
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Glen Ellyn shows its generosityMay 22, 2012 1:00 am - The Glen Ellyn Food Pantry would like to publicly thank all the members of our community who made the first Spring Fling fundraiser a great success. Local vendors came t...
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Obama pandered on same sex marriageMay 22, 2012 1:00 am - President Obama said he approves of same sex marriages. The “reverend” Jesse Jackson adamantly agreed. (What kind of reverend agrees with things that go directly against...
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Winfield’s secret-spilling trustee: Hero or villain?May 20, 2012 5:00 am - Winfield village board member Tim Allen says fellow Trustee Eric Spande is not the hero of this story. “I think he’s the villain,” Allen said in Saturday’s Daily Herald....
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Who cares about Mitt’s bullying?May 20, 2012 4:40 am - Out of the mainstream media arises accusations about Romney’s alleged bullying circa 1965 at the age of 18. How old was Obama when he admitted to drug use? If we seek on...
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Obama not much of an economic strategistMay 20, 2012 4:40 am - My suspicions regarding President Obama’s lack of economic knowledge have been validated. According to the president’s recent financial disclosures, he holds between $50...
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Goose killers in Glen Ellyn, tooMay 20, 2012 4:19 am - Goose killers in Glen Ellyn, too Regarding Tom Wehrli’s May 13 letter to the editor, I am in total sympathy with your anger at the “driver” who hit and killed a baby goo...
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So, why didn’t you go into teaching?May 20, 2012 4:19 am - So, why didn’t you go into teaching? So Robert Melbye has no sympathy for teachers and their pensions. He states the pensions were not under funded. He forgot to me...
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Could have been worse for parentsMay 20, 2012 4:19 am - Michael and Cathy Bushman, the parents accused of giving teens alcohol at a post-prom party in their home, are lucky their only consequence is being ticketed along with ...
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The SoapboxMay 19, 2012 5:00 am - No need for speed: Summer approaches, and that means dreaded road construction. But what’s more annoying — and dangerous — is that people still drive too fast through co...