Downers Grove Opinion
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Cheering the notion of $5-a-gallon gasMar 07, 2011 11:00 pm - If I’m the only one in America cheering as the price of gas rises to possibly north of $5, that is OK. This senior citizen remembers well the 1973-74 Middle East oil cri...
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Winfield village boardMar 07, 2011 11:00 pm - Daily Herald Editorial Board Winfield continues to be a town divided. The disharmony that characterized the election two years ago continues today, as five candidates vi...
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Public sector pay is not sustainableMar 07, 2011 11:00 pm - A recent report of the Illinois Policy Institute reveals “many examples of state government workers receiving average annual wages much higher than the average statewide...
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Adamson, Sanguinetti for Wheaton City CouncilMar 07, 2011 11:00 pm - Daily Herald Editorial Board Wheaton voters face a difficult decision on two four-year city council terms. Five candidates are running, all of whom have strengths and ex...
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Save economy by ending foreign aidMar 06, 2011 11:00 pm - I have one idea to cut federal spending by $58 billion without affecting a single domestic program or a single American citizen. All we have to do is stop giving away fo...
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In Bensenville: Ridder, Bartlett, JohnsonMar 06, 2011 11:00 pm - By The Daily Herald Editorial Board Bensenville voters will choose from among six candidates for three village board seats in the April 5 election. Perhaps more importan...
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Time to get rid of public unionsMar 06, 2011 11:00 pm - The circle of corruption, as I like to call it, has never been more evident. Follow the money, The states got billions of dollars in stimulus money to help fight this re...
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Obama milestones routinely overlookedMar 06, 2011 11:00 pm - I’m a proud 78-year-old American. But I am deeply saddened by the harmful rhetoric of conservative talk shows. Most of these shows and writers seem to have little time t...
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For Addison: Hundley, Lynch, McDermottMar 06, 2011 11:00 pm - By The Daily Herald Editorial Board Voters in Addison will choose from among four veteran elected officials when they pick three village board candidates for four-year t...
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Defeat pirates in their home portsMar 06, 2011 1:00 am - History repeats itself. The first military action that our country was engaged in was the military action against the Barbary pirates of North Africa. For more than 100...