DuPage County Opinion
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Boycott Chicago to protest airport noiseOct 20, 2015 12:00 am - I live in Sleepy Hollow. I moved here 27 years ago from Franklin Park, Illinois. Being near the airport in Franklin Park, I heard airplanes every two minutes. I moved to...
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COD job sholdn't go to lowest bidderOct 20, 2015 12:00 am - Regarding Stan Zegel's Oct. 1 letter titled "Don't fall in love with one applicant," capping an administrator's compensation to equal the governor's salary is ludicrous....
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O'Hare noise studies seriously flawedOct 20, 2015 12:00 am - Similar to the recent court decision where the U.S. District Court ruled that the Federal Highway Administration and the Illinois Department of Transportation used flawe...
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Editorial: You don't need to save the world as Katie does to make a differenceOct 19, 2015 11:00 pm - You might have read Sunday's story about Katie Hilborn, the former St. Charles resident who is battling rampant child sex trafficking in Nepal, and thought, "Well, good ...
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Financial literacy a critical college curriculumOct 19, 2015 1:00 am - In Elgin Community College's Game of Life, students move from station to station selecting a career, paying taxes and student loan payments, housing and transportation c...
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Start with universal background checksOct 19, 2015 1:00 am - Dear Congressman Hultgren, In the aftermath of the mass shooting last week at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, I am writing to demand the passage of sensibl...
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Why blame customer in water meter mess?Oct 19, 2015 1:00 am - I just read your report about water meter discrepancies in Lisle. This is and has obviously been a known problem for a long time. Instead of fixing the problem, the wate...
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Gun control might factor how we voteOct 19, 2015 1:00 am - I try to imagine how it must feel to have a child the victim of a senseless act of violence with guns. I know that I could never truly imagine the horror of the act and ...
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Concealed carry needed at schoolsOct 18, 2015 12:00 am - Gun-free School Zone Act is a federal U.S. law "that prohibits any unauthorized individual from knowingly possessing a firearm at a place that the individual knows or ha...
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Naperville's odd stance on alcoholOct 18, 2015 12:00 am - It seems like problems with alcohol are always raising their ugly heads before the Naperville City Council. Easily overlooked are the murder of a schoolteacher and the d...