Wheaton Opinion
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County officials must share budget painOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - In the end, it probably would have taken a fairy godmother to bail DuPage County out of its budget crisis. But maybe she was too busy with other things to waste time wav...
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Urge Roskam to override Bush vetoOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - If you live in the 6th Congressional District, and Peter Roskam is your represenative in the U.S. House, please take the time to call his office or e-mail him regardin...
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Readers keep the faith, and dish out some Cubs realityOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - I had figured my "Cubs Sweep to the Pennant" column would fill this space today while I caught a flight back from Colorado. Instead I find myself in an odder place. "Bur...
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Change vote, for the sake of childrenOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - She was for it before she was against it. My representative, Judy Biggert, was one of 16 U.S. House Republicans, including Illinois' Mark Kirk, who originally supported ...
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Candles are not that dangerousOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - I read yet another article on how dangerous candles are, this time by Jennifer Farrar in the Sept. 30 Daily Herald. I would like to offer some clarity on this issue on b...
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Soapbox: Path needs another funding sourceOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Warrenville could walk away with something extra as part of the long-awaited thorium cleanup of the DuPage River. City representatives say they would like to see a netwo...
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Soapbox: Words hardly sufficeOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Adequate words truly fail in expressing condolences to longtime political fixture Jim Ryan and his wife, Marie, on the death by apparent suicide of their son Patrick. Te...
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Packey Webb Ford has earned respectOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - The article entitled, "Wheaton, auto dealer at odds over used cars" was troubling to me. What Howard Levine said was a disgrace. I've known the Webbs for 12 years and I'...
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Even for maligned marathon, half-full glass close at handOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - If the Cubs could hit with men on base, the clear failings of this year's marathon would have been relegated to a front-page footnote. For the purposes of this column, I...
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Bush funds war, but not health careOct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - Unbelievable ! President Bush is asking Congress for an additional $200 billion to fund the counterproductive occupation of Iraq that has empowered terrorists and enrich...