Glen Ellyn Opinion
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Untimely pay raises for mayor, trusteesApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Raising the pay of local elected officials can be a tricky subject. In the first place, most elected officials don't get into community leadership for the money, and tha...
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Response to story on Costa Rica programApr 11, 2008 11:00 pm - On behalf of the College of DuPage, I want to share some additional information regarding the Daily Herald's April 3 story on an idea that has been brought to us about p...
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Chronicling elusive standard of judgment by 'content of character'Apr 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Random thoughts: Sometimes the news is its own object lesson. Daily Herald Staff Writer Emily Krone worked for a week and a half to find and interview suburbanites who c...
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Educators aren't just principals, teachersApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Now comes the story of Al Weber. Weber, as Daily Herald reporter Sheila Ahern wrote last week, was not what we normally think of when we hear the word educator. He was ...
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Jack Bauer and Smokey the horse jump through hoopsApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - My last column about dogs chronicled the gut-wrenching decision last fall to put to sleep our 13-year-old Boston terrier, Fudge. The upside of losing a dog, I guess, is ...
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Some interesting newsmakers aren't the usual newsmakersApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - We don't always have to look to Hollywood, Washington or Wrigley Field to find people with the most-interesting or even most influential lives. Where do you go to meet t...
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Motto that Chicago Cubs should adoptMar 31, 2008 11:00 pm - In commemoration of their last championship season, the Cubs' motto this season should be: A CENTURY OF PROGRESS. Walt Zlotow Glen Ellyn ...
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Matter of fairness on hookah loungeMar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Cultures, health issues and the finer points of the law clashed over smoking lounges in Schaumburg last week. In the end, common sense won a narrow victory -- but it was...
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Matter of fairness on hookah loungeMar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Cultures, health issues and the finer points of the law clashed over smoking lounges in Schaumburg last week. In the end, common sense won a narrow victory -- but it was...
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Speak out against cutting down treesMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Save hundreds of old- growth trees in Glen Ellyn, please. Report on or speak up against the plan to cut down majestic trees in Glen Ellyn near 5 Corners. We need these t...