Downers Grove Opinion
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Don't forget to fly flag on Sept. 11Sep 18, 2009 11:00 pm - I was driving around town on Sept. 11 and noted that not many households had raised American flags. I put ours out when I got up, but didn't see any at my neighbors all ...
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More questions of Addison TownshipSep 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Where do property taxes go? Some go to our township. Elmhurst (north of North Avenue), Bensenville, Itasca, Wood Dale and Addison pay taxes for our Addison Township gove...
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Saturday SoapboxSep 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Top-notch education: We offer congrats to five local schools that received the Department of Education's Blue Ribbon award: Windsor Elementary in Arlington Heights, St. ...
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'Right-wingers' not out to kill reformSep 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Froma Harrop's article "Health care bill has no freebies for illegal workers" is misleading, insulting and just plain wrong. The Democratic-sponsored plans specifically...
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Put same yardstick to all terroristsSep 17, 2009 11:00 pm - On Sept. 9, when 44-year-old Jose Flores acted on a "divine revelation" and hijacked an Aeromexico Flight 576, he was described as a "religious fanatic" and a "bible-car...
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Marine's death lost among the adsSep 17, 2009 11:00 pm - I am writing today in regard to the story you ran on Sept. 6, "Death of a Marine." I found it awfully sad that the story of this soldier, who died in battle for our coun...
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Would Dems not let a Republican speak?Sep 17, 2009 11:00 pm - I have never been so shocked by behavior of the public institutions with which I am associated as I was to learn of the decision of Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200...
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Paying lip service to the radical right?Sep 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Congratulations to Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 on its wrongheaded decision to ban President Obama's speech. All wise parents know that the easiest way to get i...
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Don't forget people voted for changeSep 16, 2009 11:00 pm - It strikes me that most of the same people who see reform of the health insurance system as an intolerable governmental intrusion had very little to say about the massiv...
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Concern for Obama speech irrational?Sep 16, 2009 11:00 pm - A recent Daily Herald editorial chastised parents' reaction to Obama's planned speech to schoolchildren as "going over the top." Was it really irrational for parents to ...