Elmhurst Opinion
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Need not be rich to be charitableOct 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Imagine a world without charity. There would be no homeless shelters, no humane societies for animals, no organization to save the whales, world, etc. Charity is not onl...
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Vote all of them out in NovemberOct 08, 2010 11:00 pm - We are under the control of a corrupt Congress. Why would anyone spend millions of dollars in return for a $174,000-per-year job? Does anyone actually believe they actua...
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Band plays on while we flood in WheatonOct 07, 2010 11:00 pm - Wheaton needs five to 10 years to study water problem. That is a study, not a solution. City Manager Don Rose implied that the study would be too expensive and even if t...
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Stop shadowy campaign donationsOct 07, 2010 11:00 pm - The Citizens United decision by the U.S. Supreme Court gave the extremely wealthy and corporations unaccountable power to buy elections. Corporate power caused our curre...
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Reasons to fret over red light camerasOct 07, 2010 11:00 pm - The red-light camera program is interesting: At first view it appears to be a public safety program so motorists will pay closer attention to driving details. Then come ...
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Comment now on Naperville planOct 07, 2010 11:00 pm - After reviewing Naperville's Downtown 2030 draft land use plans, I have some significant concerns. The plan envisions increasing the area of the downtown and the allowab...
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Look at how can we help urban poorOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - After a decade of downturn, and for the past three years the worst recession since the Great Depression, the news about skyrocketing suburban poverty this week shouldn't...
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Help youth, vote in conservativesOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Save us from the debt our current government is creating. The Obama administration and Congressional Democrats are borrowing and spending our nation into a black hole of...
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Kennedy right on point about AyersOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - With William Ayers retiring from UIC after a 20 year misplaced position as an education professor, it is truly a wonder the university board of trustees turned down his ...
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Who wants to shake up the county board?Oct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Three days after my final college class, I landed my first “real job, reporter for the now-shuttered Daily Journal. I'd somehow fallen into the premier beat coverage of...