Naperville Opinion
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Oil plan must start with conservationAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - I am amazed at Douglas Dallmer's letter on Aug. 16th. He wrote 300 words on our energy problems that will be solved by offshore drilling. But of those 300 words, one key...
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The real motives behind CN's planAug 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Living in Naperville, I have been following Marni Pyke's informative stories on CN's efforts to acquire the EJ&E rail line so that it can increase the freight traffic th...
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Breathless reports of Obama musingsAug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - I sincerely hope that when Sen. McCain is close to announcing his choice for a vice presidential running mate, it's covered in the electronic and print media with the sa...
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Neighbor story had some problemsAug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - In your Aug. 20th Neighbor article on "Looking for Lincoln", you highlight Capt. Marcellus E. Jones of the 8th Illinois Calvary. Unless Capt. Jones was part of a Civil W...
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Funding isn't issue; performance isAug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - State Sen. James Meeks and the Urban League point to New Trier spending and academic excellence as proof of discrimination in school funding. Newsworthy, but let's look ...
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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...