Elmhurst Opinion
-
Need a full accounting of county jobsMay 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Dear Members of the Finance Committee: I read the article in Thursday's Daily Herald regarding DuPage County's hiring of summer workers, and wanted to provide you with m...
-
Pelosi cartoon was incredibly offensiveMay 29, 2009 11:00 pm - The cartoon depicting first female Speaker of the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as a witch is incredibly offensive. It is not funny, it doesn't make sense, and is political...
-
Is a hole-in-one front-page news? Maybe in NeighborMay 28, 2009 11:00 pm - This just in to the newsroom: Dave Patton of Naperville scored his first hole-in-one on May 22. He used a 5 iron on the 174-yard 7th hole of Course No. 1 at St. Andrews ...
-
We have to raise state income taxMay 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Cutting state spending as a viable alternative to solving our state's budget shortfall is a myth we have a responsibility to dispel. No one can rationally argue that i...
-
A candidate not entangled in politicsMay 23, 2009 11:00 pm - In response to all the May 18 letters to the editor, which referred to Illinois' financial status, I feel obliged to tell you about Adam Andrejewski, a refreshing candid...
-
Beware scams on one-time gov. checksMay 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Social Security beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients will be happy to know that issuance of the special one-time $250 American Recovery and Re...
-
A candidate not entangled in politicsMay 22, 2009 11:00 pm - In response to all the May 18 letters to the editor, which referred to Illinois' financial status, I feel obliged to tell you about Adam Andrejewski, a refreshing candid...
-
Musings about Drew, contracts and Route 59May 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Some random thoughts from your friendly DuPage editor, a Friday Soapbox, if you will ... We're on the case In case you didn't notice, our coverage of the Drew Peterson ...
-
Time to stop trying to mandate slotsMay 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Allow us to provide a bit of apparently needed history for the Illinois General Assembly and, in particular, for state Sen. Terry Link of Waukegan: In 1927, when Arling...
-
Fed up with doomsday scenariosMay 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Governor Quinn, I have a message for you. I refuse to be bullied with doomsday scenarios. Politicians are always predicting doom when it comes to raising taxes. They do ...