DuPage County Opinion
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Put reins on Lisle school taxesSep 29, 2018 1:00 am - The editorial, "Don't misuse 'adequacy' in setting school funding levels," posted on Sept. 20 states that "the referendum would be counterproductive," suggesting a degre...
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Money, irony, politicsSep 27, 2018 1:00 am - Has it really come to this? Peter Roskam takes millions from high-powered lobbyists including The Koch Industries' hired lobbying firms and The American Chemistry Counci...
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Editorial: Parking garage makes sense for Schaumburg entertainment districtSep 26, 2018 5:00 pm - When suburban downtowns blossom into "entertainment districts" with plenty of restaurants and clubs, it can be a lot of fun. Until the on-street parking dries up, that i...
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Kane County balks at tax increase, for nowSep 26, 2018 1:00 am - Kane County residents received at least a one-week reprieve from a tax increase Wednesday. But the latest draft of the county's 2019 budget fails to restore a program th...
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Challenger will reform forest preserveSep 24, 2018 1:00 am - Dan Hebreard, a candidate running for president of the DuPage County Forest Preserve, states that he, if elected, would: 1) significantly reduce the $500,000-plus in sal...
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Renewing our confidenceSep 24, 2018 1:00 am - I just finished reading the column by Diana Leane titled "It was worth it" and, wow, what an enlightening read. I had the pleasure of coaching Eric Montgomery a number ...
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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...