Glen Ellyn Opinion
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Take a stand for president’s planDec 21, 2012 3:32 am - Take a stand for president’s plan Our state is fiscally a mess and will be hit further if the federal budget is not settled in the next week. In fact our entire cou...
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A celebration of Ravi Shankar’s lifeDec 20, 2012 3:40 am - A celebration of Ravi Shankar’s life Thanks for publishing a locally reported article about the life and work of Ravi Shankar, with comments from Anuradha Behari an...
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We deserve answers on Benghazi deathsDec 14, 2012 3:51 am - We deserve answers on Benghazi deaths Some historic and tragic battles have become memorialized for all times. Everyone remembers the Alamo. The names of Jim Bowie ...
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Pols need some ‘skin in the game’Dec 12, 2012 3:21 am - Pols need some ‘skin in the game’ “Skin in the game” is a phrase I have heard several times with respect to the current public employee pension underfunding in Illi...
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Time to rethink parking at ECCDec 11, 2012 4:00 am - The parking lot at Elgin Community College needs to be improved. Students speed through it recklessly, traffic gets backed up because there are only a few exits, and stu...
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Only fair to reap promised pensionDec 09, 2012 3:44 am - Only fair to reap promised pension I would like to respond to a Nov. 30 letter from Jan Shaw. She portrays teachers as uncaring, greedy individuals who wish to make...
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The Romney who’s a true hero, patriotDec 08, 2012 4:00 am - In 1965, an aspiring presidential candidate named Romney took a fact-finding trip to our utterly senseless and failed war zone in Vietnam. On Sept. 4, 1967, the now-lead...
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County board has held line on taxesDec 07, 2012 3:07 am - County board has held line on taxes Every year, I hear from taxpayers the question, “Why do my property taxes continue to increase when my property value has decrea...
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Is this how to build our economic future?Dec 06, 2012 3:09 am - Is this how to build our economic future? Regarding the Caterpillar, Inc. strike settlement this summer, Douglas Oberhelman, Chairman and CEO of Caterpillar, said h...
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Sleep Out heightens homeless awarenessDec 05, 2012 3:10 am - Sleep Out heightens homeless awareness Thank you to the 1,500 wonderful people who on Nov. 3 made a statement about homelessness by sleeping out in tents, boxes and...