Downers Grove Opinion
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Life in prison worse than deathOct 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Is the death penalty really the answer? Taking the life of someone who took the life of another person or persons doesn't bring those people back into this world. Unfort...
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Time to bring down red light camerasOct 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Roll, roll, roll your car merrily down the street ... take a chance and make your right ... a ticket is what you will meet? When was the last time you got pulled over f...
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Wheaton taxpayers have a right to knowOct 19, 2009 11:00 pm - As a longtime tax-paying resident in Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200, I find it outrageous that the school board refuses to provide any details on the recent dismi...
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Prayer, government a 2-century traditionOct 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Prayer has been an integral part of governmental deliberations and events throughout the history of the United States. After four or five weeks of frustrating discussio...
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A fair approach to red-light camerasOct 19, 2009 11:00 pm - With red-light cameras all over the suburbs these days, why do some major intersections lack these sentinels of electronic enforcement? In some DuPage County cases, it's...
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Legislators' health care isn't the issueOct 19, 2009 11:00 pm - The liberals will go to any level to incite and misinform on the issue of health care. A recent letter submitted by Scott Johnson illustrates this. Before I start, let m...
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We all should be dark-sky townsOct 19, 2009 11:00 pm - I applaud the group pushing for Barrington Hills to become a Dark Sky Community (Oct. 18). Such a community requires its outdoor lighting to point downward with protecti...
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Silent Majority must speak up on prayerOct 19, 2009 11:00 pm - When are we going to stop the "Minor Minority" from forcing their so called rights upon us? We chose to live in a community that supports the true family values and is n...
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No one would rue McChrystal's firingOct 17, 2009 11:00 pm - In April, 1951, my mother took this 6-year-old to a gigantic parade in Chicago to honor the recently fired General Douglas MacArthur, relieved of his command over our Ko...
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Dist. 200's secrecy violates public trustOct 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200's school board needs a lesson in accountability. For three weeks, school board President Andy Johnson insisted Superintendent Rich...