Downers Grove Opinion
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Protecting his corner of the sandboxApr 26, 2017 12:01 am - I could not believe the color picture of our "President" on Page 8 of Monday's "World & Nation." What an intimidating posture and demeanor he has taken. He looks like th...
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Rich really should carry more of tax loadApr 19, 2017 12:01 am - The logic and research apparent in Hans Schultz's letter, asking "How much of the income tax load should the rich be sharing?" was compelling. Mr. Schultz points out tha...
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Record of protecting billionaires, corporationsApr 18, 2017 12:01 am - U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam voted along party lines in opposition to a measure directing the Treasury Department to release President Trump's tax returns for closed review by...
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GOP bears some blame for state woesApr 18, 2017 12:01 am - State Rep. Grant Wehrli laments the finger-pointing, yet points at the Democrats as the source of the pointing. Does he forget all the ads and tweets pointing the finger...
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Killing remnant of deliberative governmentApr 15, 2017 1:00 am - In your April 11 "Our View" opinion, you call out Senators Durbin and Duckworth as being complicit in the loss of the filibuster option for Supreme Court nominees. Whil...
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Internet users tossed under the busApr 13, 2017 12:01 am - American Internet users have been thrown under the bus. Congress has voted to cancel the Privacy Protection previously put into effect during the Obama administration. C...
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Reps should follow call for term limitsApr 12, 2017 12:01 am - On March 27, I attended the less than transparent town hall hosted by Senator Michael Connelly of Naperville and Representative Jeanne Ives of Wheaton about the state of...
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Let's reshape view of blue-collar jobsApr 08, 2017 1:00 am - A March 23 editorial published by the Daily Herald, "Community colleges help students find jobs on the road and in the trades," is right on target - but the concept has ...
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Health care re-do will push us to brinkApr 08, 2017 1:00 am - At a recent health care policy visit to Congressman Peter Roskam's district office in St. Charles, I stated that I was representing homeless families. The receptionist m...
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Already paying price of climate changeApr 06, 2017 1:00 am - Gravity and Climate Change exist, whether humans believe in them or not. As Representative Bill Foster aptly pointed out in his Op-Ed April 3, there is very little uncer...