Downers Grove Opinion
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Stop the excuses, pay pension fundFeb 01, 2011 10:00 pm - Some facts about the “lavish” pensions those evil public workers receive: In Illinois, I, along with all contractual employees, contributed up to 9 percent of my salary ...
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One thing never mentioned: The gunFeb 01, 2011 10:00 pm - The helicopter rotos are deafening. The spin is on to relieve the right of any culpability for the Tucson incident. Mental illness, which we ignore; remember Ronnie ...
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Left's outrage aims to bolster its agendaFeb 01, 2011 10:00 pm - I get tired reading Walt Zlotow's opinions that are nothing more than party line hypocrisy. Talk about a one-trick pony. Doesn't he realize that politics has been riddle...
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Why insist this 'right' continue?Feb 01, 2011 10:00 pm - On a recent weekend when thousands of young people marched in our nation's capital to protest abortion and witness to the sanctity of human life, President Obama marked ...
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Atta and cohorts weren't irrationalFeb 01, 2011 10:00 pm - According to Mr. Jarad's definition of terrorism (Jan. 20 Fence Post), the media uses ”terrorist” only for those who profess faith in Islam, a holy religion of God. Furt...
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Protect us from foreclosure vandalsJan 31, 2011 11:00 pm - Protect us from foreclosure vandals It is no secret that our country has a massive home foreclosure rate, but who would have predicted that it would also have happe...
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Don’t need federal education departmentJan 31, 2011 11:00 pm - The issue of cutting the federal budget down to size will be intensifying in the next several weeks. The question of where to cut is a legitimate one and there are many ...
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Edgar left office with money in the bankJan 31, 2011 11:00 pm - This is in response to a letter from a disgruntled ex-state employee that criticized former Gov. Jim Edgar and me (Edgar’s former chief of staff). Generally, Mr. Edgar i...
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Unborn are wrongly treated as propertyJan 31, 2011 11:00 pm - I was happy to see the hundreds of thousands of people pack the National Mall in Washington D.C. recently in support of the human rights of the unborn. In recent years t...
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Public should know of union endorsementsJan 31, 2011 11:00 pm - In most of our communities, local school districts account for about 75 percent of the property tax bill. As much as 80 percent of that amount (in Naperville Unit Distri...