Downers Grove Opinion
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Lights at Memorial Field a bad ideaSep 07, 2011 4:00 am - As longtime residents of our village, we would like to express our concern about Glenbard High School District 87 plans to install 7-story light towers at Glenbard West ...
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Tired of all the partisan bickeringSep 07, 2011 4:00 am - Sick of all the blaming and criticizing and half truths? Sick of this: “I do not want to be a prop in that political theater of his,” says U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh concerning...
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The hypocrisy of HollywoodSep 06, 2011 5:00 am - When Bush ran for president, three people in particular said they would leave the country if he was elected — Barbra Streisand, George Clooney and Alec Baldwin. Did they...
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Big government grows to wield powerSep 06, 2011 5:00 am - Remember the axiom, “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Americans have a wonderful tradition of not trusting most politicians. That is good....
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Thanks for support of Itasca depotSep 06, 2011 5:00 am - I am writing as a follow-up to your Aug. 9 article, 138 years later, depot needs TLC. The fundraising event took place on Aug. 25. The community responded with more than...
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Holder should be the first to goSep 06, 2011 5:00 am - The fast and furious gunrunning debacle conducted by the U.S. Justice Dept. should have some heads rolling. Instead, some involved have been promoted. The idea that Eric...
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Latest deaths reminder of drug warSep 06, 2011 5:00 am - We have used this space many times over the years to warn parents and the community at large about the rampant drug use among teens in the suburbs. It’s a painful subjec...
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Becoming standard to be poorSep 06, 2011 5:00 am - It is now clear that President Obama needs to seek vocational counsel for his next job after next year’s election. History will record his term as that period when unpre...
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Make Bears pay for Soldier FieldSep 06, 2011 5:00 am - The city of Chicago owns a $630 million dollar asset they can sell to reduce their debt and get solvent. That asset happens to be Soldier Field, which cost exactly that ...
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Tragedy shows need for vigilanceSep 06, 2011 12:00 am - On Aug. 27, the Daily Herald reported the murder of Jennifer Gustafson-Ferrigan in her Hanover Park home. Her husband, who had a shootout with police and is hospitalized...