Downers Grove Opinion
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Wrong time to borrow $70 millionAug 16, 2010 11:00 pm - If sales tax revenue rallies, and if property values head back up, and if the state pays what it owes, and if the economy expands, a plan by DuPage County Board Chairman...
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Why didn't Clinton stop collapse?Aug 16, 2010 11:00 pm - A recent Fence Post letter complained of spending by former Presidents Reagan and both H.W. and W. Bush. The letter also praised the financial skills of former President...
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Let the state default so we can start overAug 16, 2010 11:00 pm - This is in response to the Aug. 9 Fence Post letter from Louis Kosiba, director of the Illinois Municipal Pension Fund. Pensions are an important part of retirement, but...
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Pelosi's swamp is still very fullAug 16, 2010 11:00 pm - A recent letter to the editor seemed to suggest that Republicans in Congress did not want to pass the $30 billion extension of unemployment benefits. Nothing could be fu...
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Enjoy the trip to Spain, MichelleAug 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Unemployment figures are still at 9.5 percent, and that's only the reported figure. A conservative estimate would be at least 17 percent, including people not in the rep...
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Don't forget who we are in WTC debateAug 14, 2010 11:00 pm - With regard to the proposed mosque in the vicinity of the World Trade Center site, I think I understand the almost visceral negative reaction to this proposal. The under...
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'Baby drop' a drop in the bucketAug 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Republican Senators John McCain, Charles Grassley, Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham are ill-advised in their effort to amend the Constitution to revise the 14th Amendm...
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Another amnesty, floodgates will openAug 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Can Eugene Robinson (Aug. 1 Daily Herald) or any other person who is pro-illegal immigrant please explain to me why they always refer to Arizona's illegal-immigrant law ...
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Halt 'automatic citizenship'Aug 13, 2010 11:00 pm - I do not wish to disclose my political affiliation, but this time I do agree with Republicans who are suggesting that the 14th Amendment to our constitution be further a...
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Didn't things blow up on GOP's watch?Aug 13, 2010 11:00 pm - In a heated July 27 response to Diane Neisman's earlier letter, Terry Schwartz seems to have forgotten that it was the Republicans under President Bush who irresponsibly...