Oak Brook Opinion
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Time to solve own problems, re HubbleAug 18, 2010 11:00 pm - I have to agree with my neighbor, Dan Pearson, in that it would be nice to have a park at the former Hubble School site. But that's pretty much what we have there now, a...
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COD needs Glen Ellyn's oversightAug 17, 2010 11:00 pm - College of DuPage President Robert Breuder is having trouble interacting with his neighbors. He is spending valuable resources fighting Glen Ellyn because he apparently ...
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Riding tea party to regain powerAug 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Nothing is more hypocritical than Republican politicians these days. After eight years of record deficit spending, tax cuts for the rich and lax regulation on corporatio...
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Wrong time to borrow $70 millionAug 16, 2010 11:00 pm - If sales tax revenue rallies, and if property values head back up, and if the state pays what it owes, and if the economy expands, a plan by DuPage County Board Chairman...
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Why didn't Clinton stop collapse?Aug 16, 2010 11:00 pm - A recent Fence Post letter complained of spending by former Presidents Reagan and both H.W. and W. Bush. The letter also praised the financial skills of former President...
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Let the state default so we can start overAug 16, 2010 11:00 pm - This is in response to the Aug. 9 Fence Post letter from Louis Kosiba, director of the Illinois Municipal Pension Fund. Pensions are an important part of retirement, but...
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Pelosi's swamp is still very fullAug 16, 2010 11:00 pm - A recent letter to the editor seemed to suggest that Republicans in Congress did not want to pass the $30 billion extension of unemployment benefits. Nothing could be fu...
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Enjoy the trip to Spain, MichelleAug 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Unemployment figures are still at 9.5 percent, and that's only the reported figure. A conservative estimate would be at least 17 percent, including people not in the rep...
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Don't forget who we are in WTC debateAug 14, 2010 11:00 pm - With regard to the proposed mosque in the vicinity of the World Trade Center site, I think I understand the almost visceral negative reaction to this proposal. The under...
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'Baby drop' a drop in the bucketAug 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Republican Senators John McCain, Charles Grassley, Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham are ill-advised in their effort to amend the Constitution to revise the 14th Amendm...