DuPage County Opinion
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Ives background not suited to IllinoisMar 05, 2018 12:00 am - Jeanne Ives, candidate for Illinois Governor, would have us believe that the political thoughts and practices of rural South Dakota are sufficient to manage the complex ...
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Endorsement: Yes to maintain services in Bartlett fire districtMar 05, 2018 12:00 am - Residents of the Bartlett Fire Protection District could see their property taxes increase by an average of $100 a year if they approve the district's tax increase reque...
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Endorsement: Yes to restore services in Prospect Heights fire districtMar 05, 2018 12:00 am - Officials in the Prospect Heights Fire Protection District are seeking to restore services lost since the 2008 Great Recession took hold, and they say they can do it wit...
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Preparedness must be priority at schoolsMar 05, 2018 12:00 am - Last week, the students and staff of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School went back to school. I cannot imagine how their community must be feeling and how emotional it...
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Lead by exampleMar 04, 2018 12:00 am - I am responding to a column recently written on District 4 candidates for DuPage County Board. Some of the politicians in DuPage County tend to not lead by example, but ...
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U.S. supports proxy war in YemenMar 04, 2018 12:00 am - The U.S. is committing war crimes in Yemen. March 22 marks the second anniversary of the Yemen civil war. Sunni Saudi Arabia intervened on the side of their Sunni brothe...
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Infrastructure ignoredMar 03, 2018 12:00 am - According to reports, the corporate tax cut is being used to buy back stock and boost CEO pay, which is already excessive. An increase in the military budget will be an ...
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Let's start over on gun controlMar 03, 2018 12:00 am - On the question of gun ownership, it is simply time to start over. According to the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the right of the people to keep and bear a...
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It's really Arms Storage AmendmentMar 03, 2018 12:00 am - State Rep. David Harris had a letter in the Feb. 27 Daily Herald in which he wrote that reasonable firearm restrictions do not violate the Second Amendment and that bann...
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Anthem should be sung with respectMar 03, 2018 12:00 am - Why is it that those invited to sing The Star-Spangled Banner in public nowadays sometimes think that they must "stylize" our noble national hymn? It is not about them; ...