DuPage County Opinion
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Illinois' debt is simply mind-numbingJun 04, 2017 12:01 am - Say what you want about our politicians or our press, the right or the left, liberal or conservative, capitalism or socialism, but it was just announced Illinois' debt h...
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The taxing tax problemJun 03, 2017 1:00 am - The flurry of claims that the new proposed tax plan greatly favors the very wealthy over the public seems to be justified. Data shown on a recent Sunday newscast and oth...
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Democracy attacked by Trump bulliesJun 03, 2017 1:00 am - Our president shrinks from the role of leader of the free world, denigrates our judiciary and attacks our free press as he heaps praise on authoritarian leaders. Trump f...
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Cellphones could have been disasterJun 03, 2017 1:00 am - If General Washington had communicated with his troops via cellphone, the British would most certainly have intercepted those communications and foiled the Continental A...
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Laughable loopholes in tax freeze planJun 03, 2017 1:00 am - Your May 31, front-page above-the-fold-story "2-year tax levy freeze?" is hilarious. It is stated in the article, "Democratic Senate President John Cullerton of Chicago ...
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Des Plaines citizens gave from the heartJun 02, 2017 5:00 am - Over the weekend prior to Memorial Day, the members of the American Legion Des Plaines Post 36 were out in force taking donations for poppies to help support our service...
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Allen Busse worthy of remembranceJun 02, 2017 5:00 am - Elk Grove Village's Mayor Johnson has announced that the Allen Busse farm will be developed. Unfortunately the Herald article and apparently the mayor did not talk about...
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Conservatives also should 'get over it'Jun 02, 2017 1:00 am - The cries of "sore losers" or "just get over it" have been the general response of many conservatives as they fend off the public protests and the constant liberal barra...
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Why Comey's ace was TrumpedJun 02, 2017 12:01 am - The events leading up to Comey losing his job as head of the FBI are a perfect example of brinksmanship gone bad. True, he was a grandstander, and his announcing an inve...
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Why not route jet noise over forest preserve?Jun 01, 2017 1:00 am - What in the world is wrong with the air traffic controllers at O'Hare airport? Why is it that westerly departures banking to the north use a route that is almost exclusi...