Westmont Opinion
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Don’t work in schools to find richesJun 14, 2011 12:00 am - A May 11 story stated that a Schaumburg Elementary District 54 assistant superintendent’s salary is $341,747 (along with a $250K/year pension after retirement). Of cours...
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Planned Parenthood and breast cancerJun 14, 2011 12:00 am - In its June 13 issue, Time magazine reports that “early detection (of cancer) is considered effective if more diagnoses mean fewer people die.” Especially is this true i...
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Can’t get a copy of the dam studyJun 13, 2011 12:00 am - Three times I’ve FOIA’d the city of Warrenville for information regarding its “gates full open” study of Fawell Dam. And three times I’ve been thwarted by bureaucratic m...
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It was survivor’s right to thank GodJun 13, 2011 12:00 am - My response is to the June 4 letter written by Theodore Utchen of Wheaton. Dear Mr. Utchen; Of course, you are free to believe in trusting one’s “lucky stars” if you wi...
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Kevorkian a batting champ for humanityJun 13, 2011 12:00 am - Dr. Jack Kevorkian, 83, more famously known as “Dr. Death” for assisting over 130 terminally ill people to commit humane suicide between 1990 and 1999, ironically died p...
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End county pension perks, governorJun 13, 2011 12:00 am - Maybe it seemed reasonable 14 years ago to give some collar county elected officials 80 percent of their final salary after 20 years of service, but it sure doesn't seem...
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Living in a world of self-delusionJun 11, 2011 12:00 am - I begin by saying that Ted Utchen is a friend and at the same time one with whom I could not disagree with more when it comes to God. In the June 4 Fence Post, Mr. Utche...
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WW II facists were hardly socialistJun 11, 2011 12:00 am - In a June 8 letter, Jim Vanne made several outlandish claims that can only be described as an outright butchery of history. The most egregious of his claims was the asse...
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The absurdity of tax spending on lobbyistsJun 11, 2011 12:00 am - The Illinois Campaign for Political Reform released a report last week tallying the amounts local governments spent from July 2009 to July 2010 lobbying state government...
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Final thoughts from Rose Pageant momJun 10, 2011 12:00 am - As some people may feel this was just a pageant, these articles (errors in Rose Festival judging) have caused quite a stir. Some of your comments I found especially amu...