DuPage County Opinion
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Educating prisoners is worth the costApr 09, 2017 12:01 am - Regarding an article on prison education in Illinois, education is a huge factor in keeping former convicts from returning to prison. However, in Illinois, many prison e...
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Thanks for the votes in Batavia electionApr 09, 2017 12:01 am - I would like to thank all the Batavia School District 101 voters who voted early or on Tuesday, April 4, and especially those voters who voted for me. It will be an hono...
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This student not a fan of tech devicesApr 08, 2017 1:00 am - In this new century of technological advancements, we as a society have excess to a multitude of electronic devices - tablets, computers, phones, smart watches - at our...
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Why no advance communication?Apr 08, 2017 1:00 am - Congressman Hultgren, why are you afraid to meet with your constituents? Voters have been at your office in Campton Hills every week to request a town-hall meeting with ...
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Let's reshape view of blue-collar jobsApr 08, 2017 1:00 am - A March 23 editorial published by the Daily Herald, "Community colleges help students find jobs on the road and in the trades," is right on target - but the concept has ...
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Health care re-do will push us to brinkApr 08, 2017 1:00 am - At a recent health care policy visit to Congressman Peter Roskam's district office in St. Charles, I stated that I was representing homeless families. The receptionist m...
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Public keeps electing selfish politiciansApr 08, 2017 1:00 am - I am writing this so people will understand the purpose of a minimum-wage increase. This is not to benefit you, it is to help the government generate more taxes without ...
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Tax time and the state budget impasseApr 08, 2017 1:00 am - This weekend I'm going to do my taxes. At the same time that I'm filing my state taxes, I will be reminded that the state is in the midst of Budget Impasse No. 2. I have...
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A Des Plaines letter to the editor: All this drivel about a possible Russian influence on our presidential election doesn't make sense to me.Apr 07, 2017 1:00 am - All this drivel about a possible Russian influence on our presidential election doesn't make sense to me. No American, Republican or Democrat, would let a foreign countr...
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Let's talk about something importantApr 07, 2017 1:00 am - All this drivel about a possible Russian influence on our presidential election doesn't make sense to me. No American, Republican or Democrat, would let a foreign countr...