Downers Grove Opinion
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Media agenda regarding pope?Apr 12, 2010 11:00 pm - In a front-page AP article (Monday, April 5), the writer reported the words of Cardinal Sodano addressed to Pope Benedict at Easter Mass. He said, "Holy Father, on your ...
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Why keep rewarding hapless CEOs?Apr 12, 2010 11:00 pm - I had to laugh when I read in the April 3 Daily Herald that "Allstate Corp. said Chief Executive Officer Tom Wilson's compensation rose 31 percent as the company's stock...
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Concessions, pay freezes good movesApr 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Each week it seems another local school board details plans to make significant budget cuts and in many cases lay off teachers. With the state way behind in what it shou...
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Abortion protest article not balancedApr 10, 2010 11:00 pm - I can't believe what now passes for news and not editorial opinion. How in the world was this (April 2) article on the front page of the paper? Your article took one si...
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Pedestrian-only underpass bad ideaApr 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Dear Wheaton Mayor Michael Gresk, according to the Daily Herald, you are "looking forward to hearing what residents have to say about the proposal" to close Wheaton's Ch...
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Define 'without compensation'Apr 10, 2010 11:00 pm - The most recently amended Aurora Housing Authority bylaws specify that the mayor shall appoint commissioners to serve on the board "on a voluntary basis and without comp...
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Importance of a stable climateApr 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Interesting how some cannot accept a well-intentioned government ensuring that we all can access health care, but are willing to leave responding to climate changes and ...
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Saturday Soapbox: Listen on Molly, EvanApr 09, 2010 11:00 pm - 'Work hard, follow your dream': No one can bring that message home better than people like local Olympians Evan Lysacek and Molly Schaus and, more recently, Glenb...
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Letter of the law, other profound missives to ponderApr 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Not that I'm complaining, mind you, but we get our fair share of letters to the editor that are replete with spelling and grammar errors, overwrought with capitalization...
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Tax system conjures archaic comparisonsApr 08, 2010 11:00 pm - In the 17th and 18th centuries, England taxed the windows on houses and then the people boarded up their windows. We think: How ridiculous. Today, under law, we are forc...