Lisle Opinion
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Illinoisans call on Sen. Kirk to 'Protect Our Parks'Feb 10, 2016 10:00 pm - Chicago, Illinois - On Wednesday, hundreds of Northern Illinoisans participated in a statewide call-in day, urging Senator Mark Kirk to continue defending our national, ...
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Boycotts aren't helpingJan 19, 2016 12:00 am - Rebuttal to Dianne Maguire's open letter about College of DuPage: Boycotting board meetings accomplishes nothing toward meeting the goals she expressed, and cripples the...
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Have you seen the price of batteries?Dec 23, 2015 11:01 pm - Whenever there's a fire someplace and the press jumps in to cover it, they always end their report by saying that the building had no working smoke detectors. Well, of c...
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Editorial: Suburban schools take necessary step in heroin battleNov 02, 2015 10:00 pm - It's taken some time, but the shift in attitudes toward combating the suburban heroin epidemic has taken hold. And nowhere is that more evident than in our high schools,...
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Indigestion can be serious at age 86Oct 31, 2015 12:00 am - Having ingested an inordinate amount of white lead, benzene, cigarettes, pipe tobacco and stale c-rations in my 86 years, I do appreciate the warning about eating hot do...
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Editorial: DuPage County and reminders budgeting should be give-and-takeOct 29, 2015 1:00 am - It's budget season, both for the private and public sector. It's also silly season for some. Imagine if you will this scenario: Your boss tells you to prepare next year'...
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Efficient government must be our focusOct 16, 2015 1:00 am - It's roundly accepted that Illinois needs to reduce its 7,000-plus units of local government to save taxpayers money and improve the delivery of services and infrastruct...
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Editorial: Roles changing, mission the same for today's policeOct 11, 2015 11:00 pm - A host of highly publicized circumstances over the past year have focused attention on the behavior of police. They've also emphasized the police's changing roles. Daily...
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Socialized medicine is un-American?Oct 10, 2015 1:00 am - It's interesting that many of our Republican presidential candidates refer to Ronald Reagan as their idol. It was President Reagan who saw Medicare as the advance of soc...
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Editorial: Follow DuPage's lead to streamline governmentOct 04, 2015 11:00 pm - Illinois is the land of plenty. We have plenty of debt, plenty of high taxes and plenty of businesses fleeing for other states, to go with a fat history of political cor...