West Chicago Opinion
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New Law Allows Kids To Unlock PotentialJul 22, 2018 11:00 pm - Thanks to an acceleration law championed by Senator Kimberly Lightford and Representative Camille Lilly, thousands of advanced learners from across Illinois will now hav...
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The ideological black hole of climate changeJun 10, 2018 1:00 am - In Mexico, according to National Geographic magazine, 9 million monarch butterflies perished in a spring snowstorm that was "possibly due to climate change." In the Gala...
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Editorial: The expensive risk College of DuPage has placed on taxpayersApr 28, 2018 2:00 pm - It was almost three years ago that we warned that the College of DuPage Board was risking the public's money in what we described as its "obsessive and oddly venomous" f...
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Same old, same old IllinoisApr 28, 2018 1:00 am - Today I received my copy of West Chicago's municipal bulletin, informing me that the city's property tax levy is going up by 2.1 percent. The city blames the state gover...
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Where to find truth in media smorgasbord?Mar 26, 2018 1:00 am - We can, if we wish, adjust the brightness and volume on our TV sets. But what if we could also adjust the political slant we see and hear just by turning a special knob?...
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Video gaming bad for West ChicagoMar 15, 2018 1:00 am - On March 20, West Chicago will have an opportunity to vote on a referendum allowing video gaming (gambling) in our city. Yet on July 13, 2017, the city of West Chicago ...
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The Jeanne is out of the bottleMar 13, 2018 1:00 am - Early in their campaigns, Bruce Rauner and Jeanne Ives faced each other before the editorial boards of Chicagoland's major newspapers, vying for an endorsement ahead of ...
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Video gambling not suited to family-friendly townMar 08, 2018 12:00 am - The West Chicago community has a long history. I moved to West Chicago because I was attracted to the people and amenities of West Chicago. With two major railroads cros...
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Oppose video gaming in West ChicagoMar 06, 2018 12:00 am - The city of West Chicago is undergoing a revitalization effort of its downtown district in an effort to attract stable economic development. A critical issue has arisen ...
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Student activists embody the spirit of Marjory Stoneman DouglasFeb 28, 2018 10:00 pm - Student survivors of the horrific mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida are grieving. But they are also organizing. Within days of t...