DuPage County Opinion
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Urge Roskam to override Bush vetoOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - If you live in the 6th Congressional District, and Peter Roskam is your represenative in the U.S. House, please take the time to call his office or e-mail him regardin...
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Our forefathers had the right ideaOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Our forefathers who shed blood for freedom; I respect that. If they wanted "In God We Trust" on our currency, so be it. They also penned the Constitution and the Bill of...
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A simple solution for county budgetOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - I have a solution to the Cook County budget shortfall: simply cut the salary of every county employee in half and eliminate all benefits. When the workers walk off the j...
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Kiwanis thanks all for help this yearOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - As we complete our 43rd year in St. Charles, the Noon Kiwanis Club wishes to thank all the individuals and businesses who have contributed to our fundraising activities ...
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Make an exchange, in name of justiceOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Seeing as the French are reluctant to extradite alleged murderer Hans Peterson, and probably the U.S. would look askance at sending in Dog the Bounty Hunter, there is an...
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Bailing out Chicago transit systems nutsOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - I am very much against a bailout from Springfield of the transportation system for Chicago and the surrounding area. Most of the time when I see a Pace bus, there are an...
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Misrepresenting child health planOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Rep. Peter Roskam voted against expansion of the State's Children's Health Insurance Program, and when I asked his office why, I was told there would be an expansion in ...
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Humanitarian tragedy in BurmaOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Many people are aware of humanitarian tragedies in Africa, but much less is known about the human rights meltdown in Burma, (Myanmar). Recently there has been disturbing...
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Readers keep the faith, and dish out some Cubs realityOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - I had figured my "Cubs Sweep to the Pennant" column would fill this space today while I caught a flight back from Colorado. Instead I find myself in an odder place. "Bur...
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Cook County can't afford higher taxesOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - To the editor: Recently, the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability issued a report that Cook County's revenue system is unable to support the services that it is char...