Naperville Opinion
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'Most important' isn't 'most needed'Aug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - The Naperville Park District, by virtue of its own resident survey, identified the top five most important facilities to residents: Trails; small neighborhood parks; ch...
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Board should stand firm in negotiationsAug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Dear School District 158: As one overtaxed taxpayer living in Taxerville, I wanted to encourage you to hold firm in your negotiations with your teacher's union. You see...
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Offensive column on Olympic swimmingAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Mike Imrem's column about Olympic swimming was extremely condescending to those of us who enjoy the sport, not to mention that his remark about Hillary Clinton was compl...
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Ban on drilling for oil must be liftedAug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Lifting the drilling ban on the outer continental shelves and other areas is a necessary action to provide a bridge to the future when the various alternative energy te...
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Day of Giving great way to battle apathy in troubled timesAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Philanthropy, I'll bet, is on a downswing. People are struggling to pay for a tank of gas, food at the store and other essentials; how can they find money to give to ch...
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Give pay increase to Chicago schoolsAug 13, 2008 11:00 pm - State Sen. James Meeks and a group of church leaders recently proposed that parents of Chicago public school children boycott the first day and more of school to bring a...
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More of Obama's inflated claimsAug 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Sen. Barack Obama lashed out at Republicans who laughed at his claim that the country could reduce its oil consumption by 3 percent to 4 percent if drivers would make su...
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Saturday Soapbox: DuPage County and Fox ValleyAug 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Time for an explanation: The wall of silence Naperville's park district board has created around recently hired executive director Daniel Betts' sudden "leave of absence...
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Constable wrong about suicide, gunsAug 07, 2008 11:00 pm - It's official - liberals believe free will is bad for your health. Burt Constable, in his July 15 column, "A gun almost always turns a suicide attempt into suicide", qu...
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Not happy with Obama or McCainAug 04, 2008 11:00 pm - A few weeks ago the Daily Herald published a letter I wrote listing the reasons I would not vote for Barack Obama for president. Several readers responded by assuming th...