DuPage County Opinion
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'Clean Slate' hasn't met its promisesNov 01, 2015 12:00 am - Kathy Hamilton and her so-called "Clean Slate" cohorts Deanne Mazzochi, Frank Napolitano and Charles Bernstein took over the College of DuPage Board of Trustees with pro...
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Don't like cars? Just ban them.Nov 01, 2015 12:00 am - As I understand it, the anti-gun crowd does not want to own a firearm so they believe that if there is something they don't like then it should be banned. Well, I don't ...
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Drones won't knock airplanes out of skyOct 31, 2015 1:00 am - I am a drone owner with five models and three years experience. I am also an Air Force veteran. Most of the drones on the market today are hobbyist style models and fall...
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Fight climate change with carbon feeOct 31, 2015 12:00 am - The article, "Study finds the warmer it gets, the more world economy hurts" (Oct. 22), reported on a study that posits that there is a temperature "sweet spot" for produ...
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Indigestion can be serious at age 86Oct 31, 2015 12:00 am - Having ingested an inordinate amount of white lead, benzene, cigarettes, pipe tobacco and stale c-rations in my 86 years, I do appreciate the warning about eating hot do...
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National priority: Defeat cancerOct 30, 2015 12:00 am - Recently, I traveled to Washington, D.C. with more than 750 of my fellow American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network volunteers from across the country to urge Congres...
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Gun buy-back deals are not the answerOct 30, 2015 12:00 am - Mayor Rahm Emanuel is proposing to spend $250,000 of taxpayer money to fund a gun buyback program. The mayor says the program is designed to get illegal guns off the cit...
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Editorial: DuPage County and reminders budgeting should be give-and-takeOct 29, 2015 1:00 am - It's budget season, both for the private and public sector. It's also silly season for some. Imagine if you will this scenario: Your boss tells you to prepare next year'...
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Glad no Roskam bid for leadership roleOct 29, 2015 1:00 am - I am writing in response to the Daily Herald article, "Roskam won't run for GOP leadership." Mr. Roskam said he would not run for a leadership position in Congress and e...
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Illinois: Get moving on funding for disabledOct 26, 2015 5:00 am - My son, Bryan, is a happy, loving, hardworking 17-year-old with moderate to severe autism, who attends a NSSEO school in Palatine. In the two-plus years he has been at h...