Glendale Heights Opinion
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I'll go ahead and say it: 'Christmas'Dec 23, 2007 10:00 pm - Warning: If you are politically correct, please skip this column. This is a story about Christmas. I figure it's OK for me to actually write that word Christmas since it...
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Republicans have mismanaged budgetDec 23, 2007 10:00 pm - Republicans have mismanaged budget Has the DuPage County board forgotten the Republican play book? Isn't the cure for every thing a tax cut? The voters of DuPage county ...
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Saturday Soapbox: Toothless censureDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - On Tuesday, the Naperville City Council voted to censure fellow Councilman Richard Furstenau. Council members cited a history of disrespectful behavior toward city staf...
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Don't complain, and be a teacherDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - I am always baffled when I hear some people complain about the easy life of a teacher (Raymond Craig, Dec. 1 Fence Post ) and they finish their long list of complaints w...
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Death of 'everybody's grandmother' a tough but essential storyDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - What if you had to write the obituary on your own grandmother? With all due respect to Rose Tani's family, that's almost the situation we had in this newsroom when the n...
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Let public transit pay its own wayDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - Over the last few months, the politicians in Springfield have been holding "special sessions" to budget supplemental funding for the CTA, Pace and Metra to cover their o...
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Iowa series put presidential politics in suburban contextDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - We know what's happening in Iowa can be relevant in the suburbs and has connections to suburban interests. I often think of the Daily Herald in a phrase similar to the c...
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Conviction push isn't always best justiceDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - Judging from Daily Herald reporter Adam Kovac's Dec. 5 article, "Felony charges, convictions continue to go up in Kane County," I believe the law abiding need to be conc...
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Hyde's legacy is that of a hypocriteDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - My lasting memory of the revered Henry Hyde is the photo of the dashing member of the state legislature posing with his married mistress in the 1960s, the revelation of ...
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Santa came dressed in nubuck with tickets for BlagojevichesDec 16, 2007 10:00 pm - Because wiretapping is illegal without a court order, we can only imagine the phone call between Gov. Rod Blagojevich and Sen. James DeLeo (D-Ticketmaster). Blagojevich:...