Glen Ellyn Opinion
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Thanks for support of Clean Car ActApr 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Several DuPage legislators have sided with their constituents against industry lobbyists by co-sponsoring the Illinois Clean Car Act. They are to be praised! If the Gen...
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Saturday Soapbox: Full of ironyApr 25, 2008 11:00 pm - David Murray's brush with death last week was drama of the highest degree -- and with no small amount of irony. Thrown from his motorcycle and holding on for dear life t...
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Pinball would-be wizard's lament: For the days of Tropic IsleApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - One of my favorite childhood memories goes back to when I was 7 or 8 years old. My dad would take me with him to his Friday-night bowling league. While he bowled, I'd p...
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Time to adequately fund our collegesApr 21, 2008 11:00 pm - I recently had the pleasure of meeting with students from the College of DuPage, a thriving community college campus located in the heart of my legislative district. Dur...
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Trees are thriving; don't cut them downApr 20, 2008 11:00 pm - We just had to have two trees cut down from the front of our property. One was a 47-inch red oak which housed a nest of five tiny raccoons (which we were able to save). ...
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Transparency at College of DuPage?Apr 19, 2008 11:00 pm - The front page of the Daily Herald reported on how certain College of DuPage Board members negotiated a contract with a PR firm, to the tune of $90,000, apparently witho...
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RTA does well to keep pressure on for capital planApr 19, 2008 11:00 pm - No one denies the need for a capital projects budget in Illinois. The lingering question has been whether state political leaders can stop squabbling long enough to find...
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Why it might really pay to be lucky rather than goodApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - I think I first heard the expression on the golf course. A guy skulls a short pitch shot. Instead of a highly lofted shot that lands softly on the green, it takes off li...
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Life with a brother who has autismApr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - We would like to remind everyone that April is Autism Awareness Month. Our brother, Christopher, is 12 years old and has autism. Sometimes it is hard having a brother w...
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Find ways to rescue raptor programApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - DuPage County residents have a great love for the outdoors; the woods, wetlands and the animals that inhabit these environs. That has been registered in consistent vot...