Downers Grove Opinion
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Some fact checking on deportations throughout U.S. historyJul 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Myron Dudek (Fence Post, July 10) wrote that Hoover ordered all illegal aliens be deported to make jobs available during the depression; Truman deported over 2 million i...
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Time for Circuit Judge Popejoy to resign or be forced outJul 15, 2010 11:00 pm - The DuPage County courthouse has a reputation as a very serious place. As a citizen who follows the news, I am usually pleased with the tough sentences handed out by jud...
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Put shovels, cranes back to work nowJul 15, 2010 11:00 pm - In the realm of instant gratification, it's been sweet to commute to work each morning lately without having to maneuver around flaggers or stop for the crane jutting in...
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Change 'communist' to 'hate speech,' McCarthyism is alive and wellJul 15, 2010 11:00 pm - The July 10 article on the dismissal of Dr. Howell from the University of Illinois shows that political correctness ends in intolerance and indoctrination. According to ...
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No proof of Navistar allegations, just sensational liesJul 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Do you ever wonder which local corporations step up to the plate and sponsor all those wonderful summer festivals we enjoy? Since April, there is a Warrenville-based com...
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When religion confronts zoningJul 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Property rights and religion rarely find their way into a sentence spoken with a smile. The two concepts usually don't get along well. As we've seen time and again in th...
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School energy pact a true win-winJul 14, 2010 11:00 pm - I want to express my appreciation for state Rep. Fred Crespo's efforts in passing the new School District Intergovernmental Cooperation Renewable Energy Act. The bill, s...
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Kudos for 'driving on dime' packageJul 13, 2010 11:00 pm - The Daily Herald deserves a Pulitzer Prize for investigative journalism for its "Driving on Ur Dime" reporting. What is more amazing than the facts themselves is how ca...
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Stimulus package has failed to deliverJul 13, 2010 11:00 pm - With the Operating Engineers Local 150 on strike it's time to declare the Obama's Stimulus package a failure, if not an outright fraud. Operating engineers are the back...
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Report of two-month vacation untrueJul 13, 2010 11:00 pm - While working at Winfield Village Hall on July 8, I was shocked as I read the letter to the editor that was published in your paper. The letter stated that I was out of ...