Downers Grove Opinion
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Saturday SoapboxOct 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Barb's all that: This ought to set the bar higher in the Best Landlord contest. Barbara Thomas learns that James Love, the man who is renting her Sleepy Hollow house, ha...
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Find another use for red light camerasOct 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Red light cameras in this state have popped up by the hundreds since I last checked. They occupy at least every major intersection in the suburban area. I was a victim ...
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Did son of Royko get off easy?Oct 23, 2009 11:00 pm - The Daily Herald notes that the son of the late columnist, Mike Royko, got 30 months for attempting to hold up a bank. I am no judge, nor the son of a judge, but he seem...
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Why award Nobel simply on hope?Oct 23, 2009 11:00 pm - The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Obama is arguably one of the most absurd awards that the Nobel committee has ever made. Highly patronizing it will...
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Editorial shows Herald's true colorOct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Your Oct. 8 editorial, "Our Challenge: Don't Wait for a Law" showed its true red colors with your second-to-last sentence: "For Republicans who claim to be powerless in ...
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When the news hits close to home ... learn from itOct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - There was some human drama that we didn't get to in Wednesday's Page 1 story on a fire that displaced about 30 people from Royal Glen Condominiums near Glen Ellyn. Allow...
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Let cops write the ticketsOct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - I am very agitated by the red light photo enforced cameras that are installed on streetlights at intersections. They were first meant to be put up only in busy intersect...
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No way to Obama health care planOct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - I do not support the Obama takeover of our health insurance. The government cannot run anything, let alone my health care. This is preposterous. I say to Obama and the ...
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Tell the truth about ColumbusOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Why aren't students taught the truth about Christopher Columbus? Instead of having a day off from school for Columbus Day, children need to be in school being educated a...
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Lower fine on red-light camera ticketsOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - The red light photo enforcement is a smart thing when it comes to avoiding accidents. But is it really avoiding them or causing them? I think a $100 ticket is ridiculous...