DuPage County Opinion
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Can't stop traffic; rather, control itJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - In March 2008, after hearing news about the Towne Center project in St. Charles, I wrote to City Administrator Brian Townsend to express concerns about traffic. I heard ...
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Congress has a bad track recordJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - I recently read where the politicians in Washington built a visitor center for the tourists who come to the Capitol. The original estimate for this center came in at $71...
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Winfield should be proud of its schoolsJan 13, 2009 10:00 pm - I'm proud to say that I live in Winfield for any number of reasons, and education is always at the top of the list. The performance of our schools contributes to increas...
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Israel shows us how to lose by winningJan 13, 2009 10:00 pm - Once again Israel has managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. They must have taken a page from the Bush/Cheney playbook in Iraq and Afghanistan. Both seem to ...
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Garden plot carping getting tiresomeJan 13, 2009 10:00 pm - It is getting tiresome to listen to the continuing carping of Naperville's garden plots supporters about the "unfairness" of the park district's reasonable compromise pl...
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Carlin good choice for county boardJan 13, 2009 10:00 pm - I enjoyed the article "Schillerstrom to cooperate with board in filling vacant seat" and I believe that David Carlin would be the perfect appointee to the DuPage County ...
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At least give Obama a year, hatersJan 12, 2009 10:00 pm - The Obama haters have found their voice, and he has yet to be inaugurated president. Can they at least wait until he is sworn in to office before opening the flood gates...
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Why a gas price drop at Christmas?Jan 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Why have gasoline prices fallen suddenly at Christmas time? Maybe it was an attempt to save the automobile, retail and travel industries. Now that Christmas vacations an...
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Thanks for giving thanks to BushJan 12, 2009 10:00 pm - "Thank you, President Bush" was a great article in the Fence Post on Jan. 4 by Roger Dauchy of Wheaton. We should never forget the 3,000-plus lives we lost at the twin t...
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We need to know who our enemies areJan 12, 2009 10:00 pm - This is in response to Walt Zlotow's Jan. 6 letter. I am neither of Jewish nor Arabic heritage, so until Sept 11, 2001, I really had no opinion on the Middle East crisis...