Downers Grove Opinion
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Questions must be asked in Dist. 204Nov 06, 2012 3:12 am - Questions must be asked in Dist. 204 Indian Prairie School District 204 seems to have plenty of money to print and mail multicolor propaganda pieces to our homes bu...
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Endorsements: A list of our choices for Nov. 6Nov 05, 2012 10:00 am - Here is a summary of Daily Herald endorsements for contested seats and referendums of local interest on the Nov. 6 ballot. For the full endorsement editorial in a given ...
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Don’t vent over money legally spentNov 04, 2012 4:16 am - Don’t vent over money legally spent Mark Bodett’s Fence Post letter has Margaret Thatcher saying that “the problem of socialism (people spending other people’s mone...
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'Nicest letter' a welcome break from the vitriolNov 03, 2012 11:00 pm - In a memo to our editorial board, my “subject” line read, “Nicest letter ever.” I followed up that high praise with, “at least for someone disagreeing with our president...
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Editorial: Close the Latino ‘achievement gap’Nov 02, 2012 11:11 am - Educators routinely question the value of standardized tests, saying they are not a solid measure of student progress. Certainly, in the suburbs they can be questioned, ...
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Mussman part of the problem, not solutionNov 01, 2012 5:00 am - So the Daily Herald is telling us that Michelle “Mom on a Mission” Mussman can maintain her independence in Springfield. Are they talking about how she “forced” the legi...
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Mulligan’s backing of Moylan pointlessNov 01, 2012 5:00 am - I have heard concerns about Rosemary Mulligan’s endorsement of Democratic candidate Marty Moylan. It’s time to be candid about what this endorsement really means. First ...
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Forest candidate’s great pledgesNov 01, 2012 4:02 am - Forest candidate’s great pledges I am supporting Don Kirchenberg for Forest Preserve Commissioner in District 2 because he has worked hard for decades to help prote...
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GOP wants return to the Bush yearsNov 01, 2012 4:02 am - GOP wants return to the Bush years I remember when the stock market crashed, turning my 401(k) into, as the expression was back then, a 201(k). It was October of 20...
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Families deserve better than MussmanOct 31, 2012 5:00 am - I would like to thank the Schaumburg PTA for having the candidates forum for the public on Oct. 10, at Jane Addams Junior High. It was a very good opportunity to ask que...