Downers Grove Opinion
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The SoapboxNov 24, 2012 4:00 am - Daunting task: Jeanne Ives and Stephanie Kifowit announced their resignations from the Wheaton and Aurora city councils following their election to the state legislature...
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Nov 24, 2012 4:00 am - Regarding your editorial, “It’s a good goal, but bad legislation,” I appreciate your point of view, but have you ever had cancer that required chemotherapy? I am now a p...
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Support temporary immigrant licensesNov 22, 2012 3:43 am - Support temporary immigrant licenses This Thanksgiving, as we gratefully reflect on the year’s blessings — loving family, warm home, safe journeys, food-a-plenty — ...
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Absent-minded editor glad staff has his backNov 18, 2012 4:00 am - The news release came in late Wednesday afternoon, announcing that a man from Glen Ellyn had won a $1 million lottery drawing. As a veteran news editor, I knew exactly w...
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Social views explain Obama’s re-electionNov 18, 2012 3:35 am - Social views explain Obama’s re-election I do not believe the economy and national debt impacted the 2012 election. It was based more on social issues like sex, mar...
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No balance in letters published by HeraldNov 18, 2012 3:35 am - No balance in letters published by Herald Three lengthy letters in the Oct. 10 Fence Post trashing Obama, spewing the same nonsense of the last two years that no on...
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GOP, cooperate with ObamaNov 18, 2012 3:35 am - GOP, cooperate with Obama The big election is over. The people have made their choice between two what was clearly presented as two different paths for America’s fu...
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Editorial: Naperville’s failure of transparencyNov 13, 2012 4:00 am - When will government leaders understand that transparency is your best defense? Lack of it builds mistrust. That’s what Naperville City Manager Doug Krieger should be re...
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Keeping faith across generations, continentsNov 12, 2012 10:02 am - For anyone familiar with John McCrae’s famous poem, it is difficult to pass by Naperville’s “Healing Field of Honor” or see pictures of its 2,012 American flags snapping...
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The SoapboxNov 10, 2012 4:00 am - A decent decision: Can’t say we’re ever pleased to hear of a community embracing video gambling, but if it has to happen, a town could do worse than to dedicate all its ...