Downers Grove Opinion
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Pinball would-be wizard's lament: For the days of Tropic IsleApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - One of my favorite childhood memories goes back to when I was 7 or 8 years old. My dad would take me with him to his Friday-night bowling league. While he bowled, I'd p...
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Give people chance to cast vote on warApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - The first line in Kat Zeman's article, "Iraq war opinions will stay off towns' ballots," is: "Voters in Bloomingdale and Downers Grove townships will not be asked for th...
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Lack of civility at gun violence forumApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - My wife and I attended the Illinois Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence forum in Naperville on April 14 at the NIU campus. The purpose of the meeting was to focus on what...
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Change that would be bad for AmericaApr 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama boast that they will bring "change" and that they will unify the country if elected. I agree with them that they will bring "change," bu...
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Join the campaign for new capital billApr 20, 2008 11:00 pm - I am proud to announce that I have been appointed to the steering committee of the Illinois Works Coalition, a new bipartisan public/private partnership made up of busin...
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RTA does well to keep pressure on for capital planApr 19, 2008 11:00 pm - No one denies the need for a capital projects budget in Illinois. The lingering question has been whether state political leaders can stop squabbling long enough to find...
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Saturday Soapbox: Just in time for springApr 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Naperville residents have complained for years about unkempt vacant lots in developing neighborhoods. The city got around to what appears to be a resolution this week wi...
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Why it might really pay to be lucky rather than goodApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - I think I first heard the expression on the golf course. A guy skulls a short pitch shot. Instead of a highly lofted shot that lands softly on the green, it takes off li...
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Dist. 204 continues with bad decisionsApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - The last six months has been littered with the Indian Prairie Unit District 204 School Board's abandonment of the only third high school site ever supported by the voter...
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Not acting in the spirit of democracyApr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - While democratic procedures may have been followed at the Downers Grove Township Annual Meeting of April 8, my experience is that the spirit of democracy was not. Those ...