Downers Grove Opinion
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What would more wiretaps uncover?Feb 18, 2009 10:00 pm - What would we find out if FBI tapped telephones of Illinois legislators? At least we would find Michael Madigan, Speaker of House, plotting to get his daughter, Lisa, el...
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Shame on those who want to see us failFeb 16, 2009 10:00 pm - I read with outrage a letter published in the Feb. 7 paper. It came from a close-minded conservative from Naperville who spits venom all over your Opinion page by actual...
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Why buying local matters even moreFeb 16, 2009 10:00 pm - Where did you go the last time you bought a book? Online, or down the street to a nearby bookstore? How about that camera or other electronic gadget, or the bouquet you...
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Saturday SoapboxFeb 13, 2009 10:00 pm - A turn for the better: We have to give Schaumburg credit. Just two weeks ago, the Soapbox had an issue with the one intersection in the village patrolled by red-light ca...
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Corruption begins at grass roots levelFeb 13, 2009 10:00 pm - Illinois has several laws and regulation sets, which if followed closely by public governing bodies go a long way toward promising honesty in government. These are the I...
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Former Gov. Edgar took the El, tooFeb 13, 2009 10:00 pm - I read your story, "No first-class expectations" about Gov. Pat Quinn flying on United Airlines. Wow, how jaded Illinoisans have become. Former Gov. Jim Edgar flew comme...
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Why don't Obama appointees pay taxes?Feb 13, 2009 10:00 pm - Why do so many of President Obama's appointees have tax problems? Tom Daschle owed $128,203 in back taxes and $11,964 in interest to the IRS, and Nancy Killefer was hit ...
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Hey, did you hear the one about COD?Feb 12, 2009 10:00 pm - There was a time, I'm sure, when we wouldn't have dignified a rumor with a story. But times have changed. Rumors, gossip and innuendo have the ability to spread with the...
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End secrecy in the search processFeb 12, 2009 10:00 pm - The developer of Microsoft's innovative effort to put laptops on every desk in a classroom, Mark Mitrovich sounds like a good fit for superintendent of Naperville Unit D...
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Edward is making strides in PlainfieldFeb 10, 2009 10:00 pm - Amid extensive media coverage of Edward Hospital's multiyear odyssey to try to gain approval for a hospital in Plainfield, we don't want some important points to get los...