West Chicago Opinion
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Santa came dressed in nubuck with tickets for BlagojevichesDec 16, 2007 10:00 pm - Because wiretapping is illegal without a court order, we can only imagine the phone call between Gov. Rod Blagojevich and Sen. James DeLeo (D-Ticketmaster). Blagojevich:...
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Come see the trains at DuPage museumDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - The DuPage County Historical Museum is in danger of closing due to the crisis in the 2008 county budget. If this happens it will be a great lost to the residents of DuPa...
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Remembering Astor, Fudge and "everyone's dog'Dec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - A Friday-night trip to the animal hospital was not in our plans. But Fudge, our Boston Terrier, had abruptly keeled over, vomited, and seemed incapable of getting up. Be...
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Report Card results: Good, but familiar problems persistDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - We continue to score a respectable B overall, but the areas in which we fare least well remain the same. It is a source of both encouragement and concern for us that th...
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Fence Post writer should be governorDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - This is response to Don Bekeleski's letter, "Cut taxes for those without school kids." Great idea! The lottery was supposed to pay for schools and eliminate school taxe...
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How the Naperville grinches ruined Christmas. Or not.Dec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - OK, I was a bit disappointed when the note arrived from one of my editors. "Naperville didn't ruin Christmas, after all." We were in hot pursuit of this breathtaking sto...
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The good news John Drury never told you aboutDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - For a man whose bread always seemed to be buttered with cold, hard facts, anchorman John Drury was nourished by a much softer spread in the last 18 years of his life. La...
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Leadership, not insults, needed at countyDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - The rhetoric of Cook County politics has never been particularly inspiring, but it reached Jerry Springer-like depths last week, as commissioners sought in vain ways to ...
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Thread of light runs through dark stories on foreclosure crisisNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - No one takes pleasure in seeing unforeseen circumstances dishevel the lives of families. Yet, these stories can generate something more than sympathy. A fairly simple ma...
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From bathroom attendant to JFK-era whistleblowerNov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - The holidays are always a difficult stretch for Abraham Bolden. Not only did his wife die at this time of year, but so did his president and so did a little of bit of hi...