Elmhurst Opinion
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State workers should not be scapegoatsMar 01, 2011 11:00 pm - Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere, Martin Luther King said. Why is it an injustice to break the trust among individuals and the pension systems into w...
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No forest preserve swap for fairgroundsMar 01, 2011 11:00 pm - There have been numerous occasions during my 16-year tenure as president of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County when a public or private agency has turned to t...
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State won't borrow its way to prosperityFeb 28, 2011 11:00 pm - Kudos to your editorial, “Pain, innovation must come first in Springfield.” The Senate Republicans have pledged that we will not allow Governor Quinn to borrow another $...
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Anger at unions is misdirectedFeb 28, 2011 11:00 pm - Everyone is angry at the unions. The workers in unions get better pay and better benefits, and, somehow, that's the reason other workers are underpaid and overworked. Yo...
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Human services cuts easier on politiciansFeb 28, 2011 11:00 pm - Tom Cross, Illinois House Minority Leader, was quoted as saying “There is no easy cut” when it comes to balancing the state budget. (“Services wait for ax to fall”, Dail...
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A commitment to seniors and schoolsFeb 27, 2011 11:00 pm - We are writing to let our neighbors in Lombard village board District 5 know we will be voting for Laura Fitzpatrick for trustee and why we hope they will vote for her a...
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The proper focus of budget discussionsFeb 27, 2011 11:00 pm - By The Daily Herald Editorial Board How can we argue with U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin that the research done at Fermilab and Argonne Laboratories is critical both to the subur...
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What compassionate socialism can doFeb 27, 2011 11:00 pm - Assuming a more conservative figure of total debt outstanding of $55 trillion in the U.S (Lawrence Kotlikoff of Boston University says it’s more like $200 trillion), thi...
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Cutting wrong things at wrong timeFeb 27, 2011 11:00 pm - If Republicans were truly concerned about the nation’s budget deficit, they would slash where the waste and money are, that is: 1) the $40 billion in subsidies for the e...
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DuPage anti-bullying efforts can be a modelFeb 26, 2011 11:00 pm - By The Daily Herald Editorial Board As a state task force gets ready to submit a report to the governor and legislature this week on how to address the growing bullying ...