Downers Grove Opinion
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Are Cadillacs for driver's ed next?Feb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - So now Naperville Unit School District 203 has passed its wants list. Eighty-seven million dollars to rehab Naperville Central High School. I'm certainly relieved none o...
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Millions executed through abortionFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - Burt Constable's column of Jan. 12 brought up the subject of capital punishment. Since capital punishment was reinstituted in the United States in the mid-1970s, about 8...
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Something Obama, Clinton should fearFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are worried that the Republicans will use Swift Boat-style criticism against them in the fall 2008 campaign. They have every r...
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Mr. Smith can't go to WashingtonFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - Where has Mr. Smith gone? Unfortunately, the 14th Congressional District primary on Feb. 5 showed us that money trumps all in politics and Mr. Smith is moving out of ele...
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Soapbox: They've got a secretFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - The Naperville Park District board stumbled again this week when commissioners unsuccessfully tried to keep their choice for executive director secret -- even after the ...
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Thanks for support of facilities planFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - We would like to thank the residents of Naperville School District 203 for voting to approve the facilities referendum. A substantial majority (59 percent of a record pr...
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Clemens case shows how 'whodunit' can supercharge a storyFeb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - As a high school journalism teacher many years ago, I tried to prepare students who cared little about current events and would never want to work for a newspaper to at ...
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Point to remember on suburban turnoutFeb 09, 2008 10:00 pm - The early line on last week's voter turnout in Cook County is something to crow about: record voter registration of 1.35 million, record early voting of about 60,000 ba...
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Saturday Soapbox: Hearts for HeroesFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Looking for something to brighten these dreary February days? Consider contributing a valentine or 10 to Amy Berger's Hearts for Heroes campaign. The Waubonsie Valley Hi...
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Gun control didn't work in Orland ParkFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - The Tinley Park mall shooting is certainly an unfolding nightmarish tragedy but not wholly unpredictable. These victims, like all law-abiding victims before them and tho...