Downers Grove Opinion
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Time to stop all risky offshore drilling, improve safety measuresJun 30, 2010 11:00 pm - I read with interest a letter on your editorial page entitled "This economy runs on oil." Although I agree with some of the author's statements, I believe there were man...
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Some rebuttal 'facts' on teacher pensionsJun 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Statements and implications in Al Palash's June 15 Fence Post article need to be answered with facts. 1. No Teacher Retirement System pension is over 250,000. 2. Sevente...
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Nice touch in Bloomingdale Twp.Jun 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Our Bloomingdale Township Highway Commissioner, James Plumb, has a program in place to collect any unwanted electronics. These items can be dropped off on the first Satu...
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Teens are adults in eyes of the lawJun 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Recently, DuPage County Circuit Judge John Kinsella put 19-year-old Quincy Forrester on sex offender probation after Forrester criminally trespassed three Aurora women's...
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McChrystal read the tea leaves and bailedJun 28, 2010 11:00 pm - While I cannot condone the public disrespect for a president by our military, General McChrystal's comments symbolize the nation's frustration with Obama's disabled lead...
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This economy runs on oil, replacement yet to be foundJun 28, 2010 11:00 pm - The president's recent speech on the oil leak was filled with untruths, if you will, that were as slick as the oil he refers to. China is buying coal mines, drilling fo...
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Time to curtail car perks is nowJun 27, 2010 11:00 pm - At home, when you receive a pay cut or a pink slip, the first thing you do is scrutinize the ongoing expenses in your life - the cable bill, the grocery bill, the cell p...
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Naperville soldier death raises angry war questionsJun 27, 2010 11:00 pm - "If you're close enough to need this bulletproof vest, then we've already lost the war." That admonition was issued by an American Army sergeant to his squad members, a ...
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Administrators need to share the burdenJun 26, 2010 11:00 pm - The headline in the June 22 Daily Herald should have read "Dist. 204 board freezes some salaries." At a time when the teachers of District 204 took a freeze on salaries ...
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Oil spill hysteria fault of the mediaJun 26, 2010 11:00 pm - I just returned from a rotation at the Joint Incident Command Center for fighting the spill in the Gulf. I and many other BP employees and retirees from this area, as we...