Winfield Opinion
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Roosevelt didn’t end Great DepressionJul 01, 2011 12:00 am - Democrats claim, with metaphysical certitude, that Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt ended the Great Depression with massive federal spending. Let us review the...
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Where can residents turn regarding COD?Jun 30, 2011 3:00 am - I am a resident of Glen Ellyn and serve as President of the Greenbriar Condominium Association. Our condo building is located on the south side of Fawell Boulevard, dire...
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Troubled youth not a priority for countyJun 30, 2011 3:00 am - “We can make sure that the populations of both counties receive the best available services,” DuPage County Board member Bob Larsen said. Face facts: No one cares about ...
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We’re fat and lazy; time for a revolutionJun 30, 2011 3:00 am - Just a little warning from Thomas Jefferson: “The U.S. can never be destroyed from without, but it can from within.” We are already the most decadent country in history....
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Anti-gun lobby view too conditionalJun 28, 2011 9:00 pm - In Garret Evans’ June 20 Fence Post letter, “More guns would mean more deaths,” he makes several unsubstantiated comments. He says that law-abiding citizens carrying gun...
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Flash mobs might not attack the armedJun 28, 2011 9:00 pm - Colleen Daley, executive director of Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence Chicago, asks we don’t have flash mob attacks in states that allow concealed carry of hand...
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Time of good sense and good judgmentJun 28, 2011 9:00 pm - This has been a good time for good judgment and common sense. For example: 1) After lying to the media, his constituents and all the American public for close to a week,...
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Wrong approach on underage drinking?Jun 28, 2011 12:00 am - It is the season for high school graduation parties and that means parent-hosts trying to keep graduate-guests from the alcohol. Drink and you are grounded. Drink and dr...
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WDSRA’s Hodgkinson a true championJun 28, 2011 12:00 am - If you’re really lucky in life you come across a champion ... someone outside your family circle, outside the teaching, coaching or mentoring professions who literally s...
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Kudos to longtime WDSRA execJun 26, 2011 12:00 am - As prime mover and executive director of Western DuPage Special Recreation Association for 30 years, Jane Hodgkinson’s career has been a remarkable story. Her deep commi...