West Chicago Opinion
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District 200 fight could cost us allMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - It's our money. Not to mention our kids. That's a short and easy set of priorities for public schools making any decision. But they didn't seem to be the priorities of...
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Baseless attack on COD candidateMar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Only a few people in the makeshift courthouse that normally serves as College of DuPage's boardroom were witnesses to the sordid depths people will plumb to preserve pow...
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Look into facts of global warmingMar 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Has anyone seen the Jan. 1 report from the Arctic Climate Research Center at the University of Illinois? It reveals that the area of global sea ice reached 17.5 million ...
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Festival cutbacks aren't wisest choiceMar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Just a few days ago in this space, we urged suburban residents to resist the temptation to let fear of this wretched economy get the best of us. Rather than hunkering d...
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Candidates forum at Glenbard NorthMar 06, 2009 10:00 pm - On Wednesday, March 11 at 7 p.m. the Glenbard North PTSA will host a candidates forum for the Glenbard High School District 87 board. Glenbard North High School is locat...
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Let's right eight years of negativityMar 06, 2009 10:00 pm - The public tends to be believe "verbatim" what they see on television or hear on the radio and/or read in the newspaper and online. In general, the concept of "thinking"...
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A cautionary tale of letter writing and politicsMar 05, 2009 10:00 pm - May I direct your attention to a Fence Post letter appearing elsewhere on this page? It's headlined, "Response to Herald story on District 204." Submitted by four school...
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Need work or just passing the time?Mar 05, 2009 10:00 pm - A recent issue showed the pictures of two residents looking for employment. One was of a woman who was caught in the real estate fiasco and needs to find employment unti...
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Higher standard needed for objectorsMar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - I attended the College of DuPage Election Board hearings in support of candidates whose appearance on the ballot was being challenged for trivial or exaggerated objectio...
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Should we spike this electoral board system?Feb 26, 2009 10:00 pm - All's fair in love and politics, so trying to shoot an arrow through the heart of a candidate's petitions to run for office is a rite of passage when local elections rol...