Downers Grove Opinion
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Five ways to economic growth in DuPage CountyFeb 14, 2019 12:00 am - Through the Choose DuPage to Choose DuPage Economic Development Alliance, public-and private-sector leaders continue to work together to ensure a business-friendly envir...
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Editorial: The need to train younger students to be smart digital citizensFeb 05, 2019 12:00 am - Parents are probably not surprised to hear children spend 6.5 hours a day on screened devices. Heck, between computers and tablets, projector screens, TV screens for sho...
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Don't dissolve panel in midst of electionJan 15, 2019 12:00 am - Today, the DuPage County Board has a historic opportunity to overhaul the way we manage our elections. I think we owe it to the voters to get this right the first time a...
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The climate hoaxJan 05, 2019 12:00 am - Kudos to Tom Schreiner and his letter entitled "climate change predated man," This should be required reading in every school in America. No one ever mentions the ice ag...
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The role of the carrier in a free pressDec 29, 2018 12:00 am - I want to thank Mary Beth Speer for her wonderful letter last week thanking her newspaper carrier, Steve P., and reminding us all the role he and his colleagues play in ...
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Proposed development misses the markDec 17, 2018 12:00 am - Marie Wilson's article "312 houses for one of Naperville's final farms gain early approval" raises concerns about the planned development of the Wagner Farm that are bro...
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A twist of fateDec 11, 2018 12:00 am - Given the unmasking about to come of this juvenile and criminal president, and the uncertain role Vice President Pence had in the scheme, plus the rules of succession gr...
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Symbolism in redDec 04, 2018 12:00 am - There is a brouhaha over the White House Christmas decor chosen by Melania Trump. I have come to the conclusion that the blood-red trees are, in truth, deeply symbolic o...
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A Green New DealNov 20, 2018 12:00 am - United Nations climate scientists tell us we have just 12 years to move our country off fossil fuels to avoid catastrophic climate disaster. I support Rep. Ocasio-Cortez...
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Displays of greatness on Election DayNov 18, 2018 12:00 am - Here are three things that left me mightily impressed as an election judge on Nov. 6. Six hundred and fifty voters in one small precinct of Will County brought their com...