Elmhurst Opinion
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Probe needed of sheriff ride-alongsMay 06, 2012 5:00 am - I’m concerned about reports of DuPage County Sheriff John Zaruba’s 18 year old son, Patrick Zaruba, riding along in sheriff cars on patrol. There’s been a disturbing das...
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Help protect DuPage forests’ natural areasMay 06, 2012 5:00 am - The Daily Herald recently published a story on an individual’s training routine for the Spartan Death Race. Images showed the person chopping a tree, tossing a boulder a...
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Tips for reducing Medicaid costsMay 05, 2012 1:00 am - Here are some common sense solutions to reduce the cost of Medicaid: Make emergency rooms for emergencies only, but open to everyone. All others referred to outpatient c...
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Reasons to celebrate national nurses weekMay 05, 2012 1:00 am - National Nurses Week (May 6-12) is celebrated annually to recognize the impact that nurses and nurse educators continue to make in the dynamic field of health care. When...
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Unethical to break pension promisesMay 05, 2012 1:00 am - How simple it is for Jan Shaw to solve the pension crisis. In her recent letter to the editor she indicates that the funding problem can be alleviated by passing a const...
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Time to fire everyone in DuPageMay 05, 2012 1:00 am - I have come to the conclusion, and I would like to think that DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin has also, that there are no county government employees having any ...
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Asking for fair and just campaignMay 05, 2012 1:00 am - I’ve subscribed to both Tammy Duckworth’s email updates as well as Joe Walsh’s email updates. I’m extremely interested in who represents me in the new 8th Congressional ...
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On Obama charity, business tax ratesMay 04, 2012 1:00 am - I just have to respond to two letters that were published on April 24 by Priscilla Weese and Mark Van Zeelt. Ms. Weese states that President Obama gave 1 percent of his ...
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Pension system critics research flawedMay 03, 2012 11:07 am - The Civic Federation and the Better Government Association, in their quest to reduce or destroy public pensions, have been selectively choosing facts to give a misleadin...
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Writer misled about Obama’s charityMay 03, 2012 1:00 am - Priscilla Weese made statements in an April 24 letter to the editor that conservatives are better at giving that are not true. Either she is terrible at math or she want...