DuPage County Opinion
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Wood smoke harms the air we breatheJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - We had to wait until 2008, but thank you, Illinois, for going smoke free. What a pleasure it will be to go into any restaurant and enjoy a meal without inhaling that dre...
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Series seeks productive actions, not simply another shot at tollwayJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - It's easy to disdain the Illinois tollway. Born of the same lie that frequently justifies unpopular government projects -- think local taxes: "Don't worry; this issue do...
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Airport shouldn't be funded by taxesJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - I would like to know why residents of DuPage County pay taxes for the DuPage Airport. Someone can correct me if I am wrong, but I know of no commercial airlines that fly...
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Experience and specifics matterJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - It was great to have presidential debates that finally tried to get the candidates to be specific in where they stood on the issues, when ABC had its televised debates i...
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Not practicing what the leaders preachJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - It seems some very powerful people are easily swayed and detected. Mayor Daley's bulldozing of Meigs Field, his progeny's lack of better judgment, clerics' lack of profe...
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No need for signs on smoking banJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - Business owners, including offices, are asked to post no smoking signs at every entrance. How absurd and unnecessary for a statewide ban. And the preprinted one recommen...
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Being religious not linked to moralityJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - This is in response to Mr. Ed Smetana's letter in Friday's Fence Post. Mr. Smetana stated Christians, Moslems and Jews believe man evolved from a man called Adam who was...
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Take time when buying a timeshareJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - Timeshares seem to be currently very popular and are well advertised at resort areas and in the ad papers. A word of caution should be made to your readers, however. The...
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Protesting the Iraq war isn't a crimeJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - The title "Crime and Punishment" was boldly emblazoned in the Daily Herald on the front page of section 5, dated Dec. 27, 2007. The two page article included small photo...
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State must show real responsibilityJan 08, 2008 10:00 pm - There are two basic Republican Party principles that I have always supported. The first requires that government must responsibly comply with its legal obligations to ...