DuPage County Opinion
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Parking restrictions interfere with park useMar 30, 2018 1:00 am - The new parking restrictions around Lake Ellyn Park are of great concern to me. The "Glenbard West students only" eight-hour parking, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., is only beneficia...
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Election panel needs to take chargeMar 28, 2018 1:00 am - The proximate cause of the recent problems in many DuPage County polling places was that no one tested a new batch of items that allow the equipment to total-up the vote...
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Problem with guns getting into the wrong handsMar 27, 2018 1:00 am - The stock market crash of 1929 may have had but one redeeming factor. The majority of American households were suddenly financially strained to just have the basic neces...
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Where to find truth in media smorgasbord?Mar 26, 2018 1:00 am - We can, if we wish, adjust the brightness and volume on our TV sets. But what if we could also adjust the political slant we see and hear just by turning a special knob?...
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Vote helped protect rights of disabledMar 26, 2018 1:00 am - After listening to the concerns of his constituents, congressman Peter Roskam voted "no" on the ADA Education and Reform Act, or H.R. 620. This bill, which amends the Am...
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Leave me out in NovemberMar 25, 2018 1:00 am - For the first time in over 40 years, I pretty much have decided to sit out the November election. Why, you ask? Hey, I have never been so disappointed in an election. Fi...
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Amendment needed to stop gerrymanderingMar 24, 2018 1:00 am - Political gerrymandering needs to be limited in this country. Its premise is that a political party can draw the legislative district map lines in order for that party t...
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Silencer ban would not reduce gun violenceMar 24, 2018 1:00 am - I would like to offer a counterpoint on Erica Nelson's letter on "silencers," also known as suppressors. Erica is a great person and fine public servant, but I disagree ...
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Taxpayers must stand up to boardMar 24, 2018 1:00 am - "We owe the taxpayers of Lisle an apology." These words were spoken by one of our elected board members at the monthly board meeting I attended on March 19. The board re...
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Get rid of both Cronin and election boardMar 24, 2018 1:00 am - I read that Dan Cronin is furious and ranting about getting rid of the entire DuPage Election Commission. I think that is a good first step. But the last paragraph of th...