Downers Grove Opinion
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Our correspondent in Afghanistan gives us a scareNov 17, 2010 10:00 pm - In hindsight, perhaps the title line of my e-mail to my co-workers wasn't the wisest choice. “Matt Spartz,” it read. Marie Wilson, one of our newest reporters, opened th...
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Note to officials: We're watching youNov 16, 2010 10:00 pm - In response to the Prospect Heights police layoffs, the issue is that for years the local governments spent like drunken sailors, adding departments and personnel that m...
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Candidates should be taking down signsNov 16, 2010 10:00 pm - The day after the election, I saw DuPage County workers taking down campaign signs on County Farm Road. Taxpayers should not be paying to have these signs removed. Mayb...
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Liberal policies have destroyed IllinoisNov 16, 2010 10:00 pm - Regarding the letter published Nov. 13 from James Cook, I guess it all depends on perception. You suggest we “return to when the top tax rate was 91 percent and we had t...
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Election a start at reversing damageNov 15, 2010 10:00 pm - The election is over, and the American people have spoken or should I say shouted. The biggest shake-up in 72 years, at every level of government, and a clear rebuke of...
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A suggestion for Cronin replacementNov 15, 2010 10:00 pm - As chairman of the DuPage Republican Party, state Sen. Dan Cronin can essentially handpick the successor to the state senate seat he vacated. I hope that Cronin consider...
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Bush should be sick he rushed to warNov 15, 2010 10:00 pm - George Bush still doesn't get it. In his new memoir, “Decision Points,” Bush states that he feels bad no weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq. That statement i...
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Lake Park sisters now musical 'rivals'Nov 14, 2010 10:00 pm - Molly and Megan Collins from Roselle both attended Lake Park High School, where they were in one of the premier marching bands in Illinois, the Lake Park Marching Band. ...
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Cop layoffs to save money a bad ideaNov 14, 2010 10:00 pm - I was reading an article on the front page of your Saturday, Nov. 13 edition of the newspaper. It is entitled “Why lay off cops now.” I think that laying off police offi...
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Impressed with Bartlett children's mannersNov 13, 2010 10:00 pm - Every Halloween, my husband and I look forward to seeing all the children in their costumes as they “trick or treat”. This year and last, we were so happy to see so many...