Woodridge Opinion
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The SoapboxFeb 16, 2013 4:00 am - A touching tribute: It’s been five years since a gunman took the lives of five Northern Illinois University students and injured others, and it’s heartening to see how t...
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Editorial: School conference costs reflect need for restraintFeb 12, 2013 1:50 pm - Life is full of choices, especially when it comes to spending money. They are the kinds of decisions most of us make every day on one level or another. Should we buy a ...
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Brave new world of text messaging, courtroom camerasFeb 03, 2013 4:00 am - The other day, while scrolling through the thread of my text messages, I discovered the person I swap notes with most often, after my wife and son, is Josh Stockinger, w...
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The SoapboxJan 19, 2013 4:00 am - Requiring responsibility: A proposed Cook County Board ordinance would fine people who fail to report if their firearms are lost, stolen or sold. Too often, guns bought...
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Editorial: Take flu precautions for yourself, othersJan 07, 2013 4:00 am - Gesundheit! Now go home. Yes, and get some rest and drink plenty of fluids. And if you aren’t sneezing or coughing yet, your lungs and nasal passages clogged with conges...
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Time to rethink parking at ECCDec 11, 2012 4:00 am - The parking lot at Elgin Community College needs to be improved. Students speed through it recklessly, traffic gets backed up because there are only a few exits, and stu...
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County board has held line on taxesDec 07, 2012 3:07 am - County board has held line on taxes Every year, I hear from taxpayers the question, “Why do my property taxes continue to increase when my property value has decrea...
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Cameras in the courtroom: It’s ‘not entertainment’Dec 02, 2012 4:00 am - “What we have here,” the grizzled editor says to the cub reporter, “is a case of the public’s right to know running smack dab into its right not to care.” The quote, I b...
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Geller ads do more harm than goodNov 29, 2012 3:39 am - Geller ads do more harm than good Pamela Geller’s “anti-Jihad” ad only does more harm than good. Religion is a choice that people proudly make. Geller’s ad assumes ...
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Higher taxes should be no surpriseNov 28, 2012 3:39 am - Higher taxes should be no surprise As reported in the Daily Herald, the Illinois legislature currently is considering shifting some of the state’s future teacher r...