DuPage County Opinion
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Governor should sign ethics bill nowAug 16, 2008 11:00 pm - The Illinois House of Representatives and State Senate passed HB 824, which bars state officials from accepting campaign donations from any business which has state cont...
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How did Obama's rise happen?Aug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - He was an attorney and a community organizer before he was sent to Springfield to become yet another do-nothing state senator whose main function was to pass legislation...
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Saturday Soapbox: Listen up, parentsAug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Dress your kid for school. Check. Pack him or her a nutritious lunch. Check. Make sure they do their homework and say please and thank you. Check. Time for the Parenting...
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Ban on drilling for oil must be liftedAug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Lifting the drilling ban on the outer continental shelves and other areas is a necessary action to provide a bridge to the future when the various alternative energy te...
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Day of Giving great way to battle apathy in troubled timesAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Philanthropy, I'll bet, is on a downswing. People are struggling to pay for a tank of gas, food at the store and other essentials; how can they find money to give to ch...
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Garden club thanks those who helpedAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - In late June, the Pottawatomie Garden Club held a Garden Walk in St. Charles. It was very successful, featuring beautiful gardens - some large and some small, some in th...
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Back to basics on homeownershipAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - "Rescuing an ailing housing market is good for votes in an election year." Not my vote, and I hope the votes of all of us who bought our homes the old fashioned, respons...
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Bush years have been good yearsAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Recently we actually had to endure a letter from Elaine Gough of Westchester calling President Bush and his administration treasonous and also calling for their impeachm...
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Illinois' lack of trust in teen driversAug 13, 2008 11:00 pm - A recent article stated that there were over 4.3 million babies born in the USA, in 2007. That is a record. I am curious. Just how did the Democrat-run Illinois legisla...
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Give pay increase to Chicago schoolsAug 13, 2008 11:00 pm - State Sen. James Meeks and a group of church leaders recently proposed that parents of Chicago public school children boycott the first day and more of school to bring a...