Elmhurst Opinion
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Casten, not Roskam, is choice for the futureOct 12, 2018 1:00 am - My 8-year-old son asked me to submit his question to the recent Daily Herald endorsement debate between Sean Casten and Peter Roskam. While it wasn't chosen, his questio...
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County board cuts stop short of hitting homeOct 09, 2018 5:00 am - I was saddened to read how proud the (Du Page) county board was to have made so many cuts to their budget, but nothing was mentioned about cutting their compensation - s...
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Stepping stone?Oct 06, 2018 1:00 am - Oh, for Pete's sake. Why does Peter Breen feel the need to pad his resume? He makes it look like he was acting president of the Village of Lombard for two years, "2012 t...
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Endorsement: Roskam for Congress in 6th DistrictOct 05, 2018 11:00 pm - This editorial has been updated to correct Sean Casten's hometown of Downers Grove. There is no disputing Republican Peter Roskam's link to President Donald Trump a...
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End one-party rule in DuPage CountySep 17, 2018 1:00 am - We can end one-party rule in DuPage County by electing the Democrats who are running in all six districts. (Not all seats are up for re-election, so a blue wave at this ...
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Constitution change should include pensionsSep 16, 2018 1:00 am - The progressive income tax proposed by JB Pritzker allegedly is to only tax the rich. You could take all the annual income earned each year from every billionaire in Ill...
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Candidate demonstrates best of our democracySep 10, 2018 1:00 am - It is my pleasure to endorse Terra Costa Howard for Illinois District 48 state representative. While I was employed as a language arts teacher for eight years at Hadley ...
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Watch 6th District congressional hopefuls debateSep 09, 2018 1:00 am - The candidates for Congress from Illinois' 6th District appeared before the Daily Herald editorial board in a livestreamed debate on our Facebook page Monday morning. W...
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An asset to COD, stateSep 02, 2018 1:00 am - Deanne Mazzochi's appointment to the Illinois General Assembly is strictly an interim appointment subject to ratification by the voters in her district this November. Sh...
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Mayor's hypocrisyAug 24, 2018 1:00 am - The hypocrisy of Rahm Emanuel pointing out a lack of morals in his city's stricken neighborhoods is almost too monumental to quantify. His point, of course, is quite cor...