Downers Grove Opinion
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Editorials show Herald's hypocrisyAug 31, 2008 11:00 pm - It seems odd that the editorial board of the Daily Herald would provide an open letter to Barack Obama on Aug. 28 asking him to tell us, with specifics, "how will you ge...
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Oil plan must start with conservationAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - I am amazed at Douglas Dallmer's letter on Aug. 16th. He wrote 300 words on our energy problems that will be solved by offshore drilling. But of those 300 words, one key...
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The real motives behind CN's planAug 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Living in Naperville, I have been following Marni Pyke's informative stories on CN's efforts to acquire the EJ&E rail line so that it can increase the freight traffic th...
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Breathless reports of Obama musingsAug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - I sincerely hope that when Sen. McCain is close to announcing his choice for a vice presidential running mate, it's covered in the electronic and print media with the sa...
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Neighbor story had some problemsAug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - In your Aug. 20th Neighbor article on "Looking for Lincoln", you highlight Capt. Marcellus E. Jones of the 8th Illinois Calvary. Unless Capt. Jones was part of a Civil W...
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Funding isn't issue; performance isAug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - State Sen. James Meeks and the Urban League point to New Trier spending and academic excellence as proof of discrimination in school funding. Newsworthy, but let's look ...
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'Most important' isn't 'most needed'Aug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - The Naperville Park District, by virtue of its own resident survey, identified the top five most important facilities to residents: Trails; small neighborhood parks; ch...
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Board should stand firm in negotiationsAug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Dear School District 158: As one overtaxed taxpayer living in Taxerville, I wanted to encourage you to hold firm in your negotiations with your teacher's union. You see...
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Offensive column on Olympic swimmingAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Mike Imrem's column about Olympic swimming was extremely condescending to those of us who enjoy the sport, not to mention that his remark about Hillary Clinton was compl...
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Ban on drilling for oil must be liftedAug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Lifting the drilling ban on the outer continental shelves and other areas is a necessary action to provide a bridge to the future when the various alternative energy te...