Lombard Opinion
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Alyssa Van Meter will be truly missedJan 02, 2013 3:40 am - Alyssa Van Meter will be truly missed I am writing about the stabbing death of Alyssa Van Meter. I want people to know what a wonderful young lady she was, whose li...
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Government power grab: Gun controlDec 27, 2012 4:00 am - What an extremely sad, horrible event in Newtown, Conn. Twenty schoolchildren and seven adults murdered by a deranged gunman. Even sadder, President Obama has immediatel...
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Quite simply, county board job is simpleDec 12, 2012 3:21 am - Quite simply, county board job is simple Does it matter who is the messenger? In 1787 our Founding Fathers wrote our Constitution and they gave us a republic. In a ...
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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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The SoapboxDec 08, 2012 4:00 am - Give it your all: Hersey High School senior Alex Baratta of Arlington Heights may be intimidating with his perfect GPA, his multisport prowess and his big, giving heart,...
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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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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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Reject ‘anti-Jihad’ messages on busesNov 29, 2012 3:39 am - Reject ‘anti-Jihad’ messages on buses One of the beauties of living in America is freedom of speech. Our forefathers protected free speech to benefit the nation. An...
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Didn’t think women would fight back?Nov 27, 2012 3:08 am - Didn’t think women would fight back? Apparently it never occurred to the Republican Party that if they waged a war on women, women would fight back. Daniel Welch Lo...
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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...