DuPage County Opinion
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Elk Grove must ban wood smokeDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - Soaring asthma and autism rates in our cities correspond with skyrocketing fine particulate pollution, caused mostly by vehicle exhaust and wood smoke. When fine partic...
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Incorporation a ploy and nothing's freeDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - In response to all the people of Campton Township who feel they need to add another level of government to our lives. I was born in Campton Township in 1935 and lived he...
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Some thoughts on First Street projectDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - I got on my electric "scooter" (i.e. wheelchair) the other day and went around looking at the First Street project. You see so much more when you can stop and stare, whi...
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Most teachers put hearts into jobsDec 03, 2007 10:00 pm - The article, "Chapter 6: Administrator's pay vs. teacher's pay," was inaccurate. The information about teachers working 36.5 hours a week is incorrect. Many districts h...
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What happened to our freedoms?Dec 03, 2007 10:00 pm - I thoroughly agree with Penny Wilson's article in the Fence Post. I'm 80 years old, and every day I see a new law taking away our legal rights. Oh, for the good old days...
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Legislators who are ready for reformDec 03, 2007 10:00 pm - In 1998, I sponsored --with then state Sen. Barack Obama and House Republican Leader Tom Cross -- the most sweeping ethics reforms ever approved by the General Assembly....
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Don't criticize for publishing factsDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - To the editor: Just finished reading the letter from Ken Kowall of Hoffman Estates chastising the Daily Herald for an "anti-teacher" viewpoint, according to him, relatin...
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More trains will hurt BarringtonDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - To the editor: The Canadian National Rail Corp. has purchased the Elgin Joliet and Eastern RR (The "J') from United States Steel. They want to upgrade the line and incre...
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Tax tales only add to senior travailsDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - When we moved to the Del Webb community Huntley, we were told taxes would be about $3,000 a year. The tax bill just finished paying in September was $7,800. Like many se...
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The good news John Drury never told you aboutDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - For a man whose bread always seemed to be buttered with cold, hard facts, anchorman John Drury was nourished by a much softer spread in the last 18 years of his life. La...