Downers Grove Opinion
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Endorsements: Whelan in DuPage County Forest Preserve Dist. 4Oct 11, 2016 1:00 am - The only contested seat on the DuPage County Forest Preserve Commission is in District 4 where incumbent Republican Tim Whelan is being challenged by Democrat Brian Wolt...
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Endorsements: Elliott in DuPage County Board Dist. 4Oct 11, 2016 1:00 am - A pair of excellent candidates, Republican Tim Elliott and Democrat Khizar Jafri, will face off this November for a four-year term in DuPage County Board District 4. Bot...
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Endorsements: Chaplin in DuPage County Board Dist. 2Oct 11, 2016 1:00 am - Another pair of excellent candidates will face off in November for a two-year term in DuPage County Board District 2, where Democratic incumbent Elizabeth Chaplin is bei...
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Illinois needs structural reformsOct 08, 2016 1:00 am - This year marks the 50th anniversary of AT&T Bell Labs making a substantial long-term investment in a research and development facility in Illinois - Bell Labs in Naperv...
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The joy of getting things doneOct 03, 2016 1:00 am - I find it a joy to support candidates who put the nation and the needs of its people first, and work fearlessly both across the aisle and within the party to get things ...
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Phony 'deplorables' outrageSep 24, 2016 1:00 am - Spare me the phony outrage over the "basket of deplorables" comment. It might truly be outrageous if it weren't true or if that was all she said. If we had been treated ...
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Time to celebrate the arts in schoolsSep 19, 2016 1:00 am - For decades, research has shown that when students participate in the arts as a part of their education, they go on to succeed in school, work and life. Designated by Co...
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DuPage board needs to lead on pensionsSep 10, 2016 1:00 am - With the economy in its present state, is there going to be a time where Dan Cronin and the current DuPage County Board are going to exclude themselves from the pension ...
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Coyne shifting focus of his tax-voting recordSep 06, 2016 12:01 am - This is in response to Naperville Councilman Kevin Coyne's letter "Why Naperville highway deal matters." The proposed deal, Councilman Coyne writes, will result in "man...
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No sympathy for Blago, but penalty too harshAug 29, 2016 1:00 am - Rod Blagojevich is not a very sympathetic figure. When I think of his fall from grace, I think of a loudmouthed braggart who was way too full of himself when governor of...