Lombard Opinion
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Should have asked for artist’s OKFeb 14, 2013 3:40 am - Should have asked for artist’s OK A fellow artist sent me the Jan. 22 Daily Herald article titled “Lombard trustee touches up incomplete mural of historic sites.” I...
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‘State-run media’ reports on marchFeb 06, 2013 3:40 am - ‘State-run media’ reports on march I find it fascinating that The Associated Press in its Jan. 26 report referred to the participants of a march as “anti-abortion a...
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The reality of public pension plansFeb 06, 2013 3:40 am - The reality of public pension plans Proponents of “defined contribution systems” of retirement plans do not know the realities of most Illinois public pension plans...
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Brave new world of text messaging, courtroom camerasFeb 03, 2013 4:00 am - The other day, while scrolling through the thread of my text messages, I discovered the person I swap notes with most often, after my wife and son, is Josh Stockinger, w...
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The SoapboxJan 19, 2013 4:00 am - Requiring responsibility: A proposed Cook County Board ordinance would fine people who fail to report if their firearms are lost, stolen or sold. Too often, guns bought...
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Editorial: Take flu precautions for yourself, othersJan 07, 2013 4:00 am - Gesundheit! Now go home. Yes, and get some rest and drink plenty of fluids. And if you aren’t sneezing or coughing yet, your lungs and nasal passages clogged with conges...
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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...