DuPage County Opinion
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Garden clubs helped bring back MonarchsSep 23, 2018 1:00 am - Your front page article Sept. 17 about the increase in Monarch butterflies in Illinois this year did not mention why there are greater numbers. The Garden Clubs of Illi...
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Wait for proof of guiltSep 21, 2018 1:00 am - Mary Kay Walsh's Sept. 20 comment on the Kavanaugh nomination is a feeble attack on a person's reputation based on nothing but hearsay from somebody we don't even know. ...
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At what point do we vote country over party?Sep 19, 2018 1:00 am - In May of this year, John Boehner announced that: "There is no Republican Party. There is a Trump Party. The Republican Party has gone, taken a nap somewhere." The entir...
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'Gift' to suburbsSep 19, 2018 1:00 am - What Rahm Emmanuel has done for the suburbs: Well, to name one important impact to all suburban residents one way or another is the cost of Lake Michigan water. We still...
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Committee sends Longmeadow toll bridge funding to full Kane County BoardSep 18, 2018 1:00 am - Commuters on the north end of Kane County will have a new Fox River crossing option in the form of a 95-cent toll bridge if the full county board follows the lead set Tu...
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End one-party rule in DuPage CountySep 17, 2018 1:00 am - We can end one-party rule in DuPage County by electing the Democrats who are running in all six districts. (Not all seats are up for re-election, so a blue wave at this ...
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Back candidate who supports parental involvementSep 17, 2018 1:00 am - As a parent, I'm deeply troubled by Sean Casten's opposition to parental involvement laws. As we see increasing reports of the abuse of children by adults, the importanc...
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Would he erode environmental protections?Sep 17, 2018 1:00 am - Brett Kavanaugh believes that a sitting president should not be subject to civil or criminal investigations and has other troubling views on presidential power. This al...
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Multi-year planning, efficiencies helping Dist. 211 operate free of debtSep 16, 2018 11:00 pm - A recent headline in the Daily Herald read that the Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 budget lowers costs and forecasts a $7.9 million surplus. Understandably...
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Editorial: Complaining over the wrong distractions in Van Dyke prosecutionSep 16, 2018 11:00 pm - As a nationally watched murder trial gets under way in Chicago, the chairman of the Kane County Board is worried about the wrong distractions involving the trial's prose...