Downers Grove Opinion
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Would white student be treated this way?Jun 09, 2009 11:00 pm - The Daily Herald carried a front page story about a young man, black, who was denied a place on the ballot for his high school class presidency because two unnamed "spon...
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Cut spending, don't raid taxpayer coffersJun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - In response to Melissa Meighen's May 26 letter on raising the state income tax, it's great to see that socialism is alive and well in her world. The notion that governm...
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Easter Seals helps kids to be their bestJun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Each weekend thousands of people take to the streets of our communities, walking and running to raise money for charities. Every one of them has found a cause to bel...
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A judge more radical than Souter?Jun 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Sonia Sotomeyer, nominated by President Obama to the U.S. Supreme Court, said in a speech at the University of California Law School, "I would hope that a wise Latina wo...
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Why do we walk for neurofibromatosis? Because we canJun 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Each weekend thousands of people take to the streets of our communities, walking and running to raise money for charities. Every one of them has found a cause to believe...
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Congress finally heeds environmentJun 01, 2009 11:00 pm - After decades of neglect, it seems our environment is finally gaining the attention it deserves. The American Clean Energy and Securities Act just passed through commit...
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'Confessions' show torture won't workMay 30, 2009 11:00 pm - How many, especially at that time in the past, young blacks were allegedly beaten and tortured into false confessions by a former Chicago police commander and others onl...
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Worry for herbicide use on Prairie PathMay 29, 2009 11:00 pm - I am writing you to express my concern regarding the possible use of herbicides along the Illinois Prairie Path and Great Western Trail in DuPage County. As a resident o...
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Is a hole-in-one front-page news? Maybe in NeighborMay 28, 2009 11:00 pm - This just in to the newsroom: Dave Patton of Naperville scored his first hole-in-one on May 22. He used a 5 iron on the 174-yard 7th hole of Course No. 1 at St. Andrews ...
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Give government more money, they'll spend moreMay 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Melissa Meighen's article indicating we need to raise income taxes to make up for shortfalls in the state's budget sounds nice, but before we go supporting such an idea ...