Elmhurst Opinion
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Coolidge’s decisions will be based on factsJul 15, 2012 4:40 am - This fall voters have the opportunity to begin to break down the extremist political orthodoxy that crashed the economy in 2007-2008 and has been refusing to let it rest...
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Anti-union stance, not money, kept Walker in officeJul 14, 2012 4:40 am - Will the billionaires of America who parted with millions of their dollars ever know that their money did not buy the election for Gov. Walker. They could’ve saved their...
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Lombard owes thanks to ComEdJul 12, 2012 4:00 am - Lombard owes thanks to ComEd On behalf of the village of Lombard, I wish to publicly thank ComEd for its prompt and efficient response to our residents and business...
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Editorial: Use the new tool to help Cook taxpayersJul 09, 2012 5:00 am - If you’re a Cook County taxpayer, did you spend any time with the 139-page special section county officials put together and inserted into the newspaper recently? It rea...
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To judges go the leftovers; a Ribfest retrospectiveJul 08, 2012 5:00 am - In the already-sweltering Ribfest tent, Naperville Mayor George Pradel rose to his feet last Sunday and bellowed out the rib judges’ sacred oath: “I do solemnly swear to...
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Judges don’t worry about health careJul 03, 2012 5:03 am - An interesting fact: Of the four Supreme Court justices who ruled to overturn the Affordable Care Act in its entirety, all four have guaranteed for life government provi...
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Editorial: Shine a light on school chief searchesJul 03, 2012 5:00 am - Susan Hill has the right idea. So does Connie McElyea. And we’d like to see their suburban counterparts follow their lead. Hill is the board president of the Burlington ...
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Editorial: Dangers to health and the public’s right to knowJul 01, 2012 8:37 pm - One day last week, Daily Herald Staff Writer Eric Peterson received a tip that hundreds of thousands of gallons of sludge leaked from the John E. Egan Water Reclamation ...
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Judging at Naperville Ribfest no laughing matterJul 01, 2012 5:00 am - As you read this, perhaps you’re on your second cup of coffee, contemplating some pancakes, maybe bacon and eggs. I’ll be snarfing down some barbecue ribs. As long as th...
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Wars won’t end if we don’t leave NATOJun 28, 2012 5:23 am - Congress ratified our United Nations membership in 1945 by a favorable vote of 89 senators with only two refusing to join. NATO is a subsidiary of the United Nations, a...