Downers Grove Opinion
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Constitution can't be taken for grantedFeb 17, 2011 11:00 pm - Recent events in the Middle East have quickened the pulse of the world's oppressed people. They have seen the unthinkable become reality and must be feeling a sense of h...
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Township refuse vote an easy choiceFeb 17, 2011 11:00 pm - There will be an important referendum for residents of the unincorporated areas of Bloomingdale Township on the ballot April 5. If passed this referendum will authorize ...
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Roselle candidates aren't charging to talkFeb 17, 2011 10:00 pm - I am responding to the Saturday, Feb. 5, Fence Post letter questioning the need for political parties in Roselle. The sender likened local political parties to the type ...
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Innovation and school consolidationFeb 17, 2011 10:00 pm - The suburbs are home to loads of public school systems. Just under 300 of them, all told, located here in the six-county area around Chicago. That represents about a thi...
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More to the story about deadbeat dadsFeb 17, 2011 12:00 am - The DuPage County Daily Herald’s front page article (“County targets deadbeat dads,” Feb. 15) touted the success of DuPage County’s sting plan executed on Valentine’s Da...
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Give mosque proposal a fair shakeFeb 17, 2011 12:00 am - I am asking that DuPage County leaders give a fair hearing to the mosque proposal for 91st Street and Route 83. You can easily get off the hook for this by not falling f...
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Already forced to buy insurance?Feb 17, 2011 12:00 am - Why is FICA not unconstitutional? If a federal judge has decided that the federal government cannot force the individual to purchase health insurance, then how come FICA...
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Great job, Milton Twp. highway crewFeb 17, 2011 12:00 am - The Milton Township crew did a great job during and after the blizzard plowing our streets. I really appreciated the care they took not to pile the snow and ice at the b...
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Tit for tat in DuPage mosque debateFeb 16, 2011 12:00 am - One way to reach a compromise in the ongoing debate over the construction of Islamic Mosques in DuPage County and its communities is quite simple. Realizing that the Chr...
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Neighborly help should be voluntaryFeb 16, 2011 12:00 am - I don’t live in Roselle so I’m sure my snowblower isn’t one of the six that didn’t help Caryle Sistos (Fence Post, Feb. 13) on her block. In fact, on my block I ended up...