Glen Ellyn Opinion
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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...
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Highest office is that of citizenshipDec 04, 2012 3:55 am - Highest office is that of citizenship There are countries in the world where once you are born into a class that is where you will stay. That is not the case in Ame...
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Cameras in the courtroom: It’s ‘not entertainment’Dec 02, 2012 4:00 am - “What we have here,” the grizzled editor says to the cub reporter, “is a case of the public’s right to know running smack dab into its right not to care.” The quote, I b...
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Students not as dumb as portrayedNov 29, 2012 3:39 am - Students not as dumb as portrayed Your Nov. 13 editorial entitled “Public education in Illinois barely earns a passing grade” brought up an issue that directly affe...
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Election: Consider what our mayors have doneNov 28, 2012 4:00 am - Arlene Mulder will be stepping down next spring as village president of Arlington Heights after a tenure of 2 decades and many more years in public service beyond that. ...
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Students with drive to succeed will do soNov 26, 2012 4:00 am - Your Nov. 13 article, titled “Public education in Illinois barely earns a passing grade,” brought up an issue that directly affects students in Illinois and, frankly, th...
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Let’s give marching band more respectNov 23, 2012 3:48 am - Let’s give marching band more respect The musical spectacle that is the high school marching band deserves more credit than it receives when it comes to its similar...
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Absent-minded editor glad staff has his backNov 18, 2012 4:00 am - The news release came in late Wednesday afternoon, announcing that a man from Glen Ellyn had won a $1 million lottery drawing. As a veteran news editor, I knew exactly w...