Downers Grove Opinion
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Let public in on school discussionsOct 25, 2007 11:00 pm - There has been a lot of discussion the last few weeks about Metea Valley High School and its potential location. Unfortunately, the Indian Prairie Unit District 204 Scho...
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Sometimes, news and rumors of news carry equal pressureOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - In the end, readers will judge for themselves both the truth of what authorities say and the merits of what they don't. In an ideal world, rumors would never figure into...
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Suburban 'superbug' scare just a preview of real threatOct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Most people believe they are indestructible and immortal. Especially teenagers. So just because a couple of Naperville high school football players were diagnosed with a...
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Stroger makes bad tax proposal worseOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Try as we might, we don't think we could describe Cook County Board President Todd Stroger's proposed myriad tax increases any better than Commissioner Tim Schneider did...
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Soapbox:A good thought for all schoolsOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - No matter what field an elementary student chooses to study as he or she gets older and no matter what profession he or she eventually chooses, few skills will better se...
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Soapbox: A bad precedent hereOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Arguing that creating a new town is a lot of work seems a bit bizarre when the person making the argument is Patsy Smith, the woman who led incorporation efforts and the...
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Soapbox: Learn from a lucky breakOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Randall Visor should feel lucky. The Batavia man, who is responsible for the deaths of four people 10 years ago in a drunken-driving accident, and for driving without a ...
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Soapbox: Slow it downOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - State transportation officials say a stretch of Route 83 through Prospect Heights has neither enough accidents nor driveways to merit lowering the speed limit from 40 mp...
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Appalling display of racism in LombardOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - A terrible incident took place the morning of Oct. 8. A family who recently moved to Lombard had racial slurs and attacks painted on their property. However, this is not...
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Should Bob be more like Todd?Oct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Perhaps Bob Schillerstrom should be more like Todd Stroger. Stroger, the Cook County Board chairman, wants to bail out the county from its financial morass by doubling t...