West Chicago Opinion
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Find another use for red light camerasOct 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Red light cameras in this state have popped up by the hundreds since I last checked. They occupy at least every major intersection in the suburban area. I was a victim ...
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Did son of Royko get off easy?Oct 23, 2009 11:00 pm - The Daily Herald notes that the son of the late columnist, Mike Royko, got 30 months for attempting to hold up a bank. I am no judge, nor the son of a judge, but he seem...
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Why award Nobel simply on hope?Oct 23, 2009 11:00 pm - The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Obama is arguably one of the most absurd awards that the Nobel committee has ever made. Highly patronizing it will...
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Editorial shows Herald's true colorOct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Your Oct. 8 editorial, "Our Challenge: Don't Wait for a Law" showed its true red colors with your second-to-last sentence: "For Republicans who claim to be powerless in ...
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When the news hits close to home ... learn from itOct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - There was some human drama that we didn't get to in Wednesday's Page 1 story on a fire that displaced about 30 people from Royal Glen Condominiums near Glen Ellyn. Allow...
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Let cops write the ticketsOct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - I am very agitated by the red light photo enforced cameras that are installed on streetlights at intersections. They were first meant to be put up only in busy intersect...
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Tell the truth about ColumbusOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Why aren't students taught the truth about Christopher Columbus? Instead of having a day off from school for Columbus Day, children need to be in school being educated a...
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Lower fine on red-light camera ticketsOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - The red light photo enforcement is a smart thing when it comes to avoiding accidents. But is it really avoiding them or causing them? I think a $100 ticket is ridiculous...
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Unhappy with Comcast upgradeOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - I'm writing today to express my outrage concerning Comcast Cable with their forced upgrades to digital service for local consumers. Here in the Aurora and Montgomery are...
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Is 'national health' really inevitable?Oct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Americans seem to like the idea that stress is our national right. Kind of the foundation of the idea that we will take on the wild and unknown and shun the familiar and...