DuPage County Opinion
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Don't forget where IEDs came fromOct 05, 2015 1:00 am - It was the catch phrase we were introduced to after World War II - Lest We Forget. Fourteen years after the worst attack in our country's hostory we're on the verge of ...
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Providing jobs can end cycle of imprisonmentOct 05, 2015 1:00 am - This country is on the precipice of ending the failed "War on Drugs" but apparently leaving the problem of recidivism unsolved. With more than 50 percent returning to ...
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Real Americans want the facts about IRSOct 05, 2015 1:00 am - After reading Judson Philips' article in the Sept. 11 paper about how the IRS does its job in 2014, I would like to know the facts on how many tax cheats did they catch ...
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Editorial: Follow DuPage's lead to streamline governmentOct 04, 2015 11:00 pm - Illinois is the land of plenty. We have plenty of debt, plenty of high taxes and plenty of businesses fleeing for other states, to go with a fat history of political cor...
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St. Charles shouldn't OK video gamblingOct 04, 2015 12:00 am - The St. Charles mayor wants to permit video gaming in our town. The town will get five percent of the gambling losses. Thirty-five percent of the losses will go to the r...
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Blame for PARCC scores on test-makersOct 03, 2015 1:00 am - In the guest column by Ralph Martire "Many reasons for Illinois' weak PARCC results," partial blame is placed upon the constructors of the test. In fact most of the blam...
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COD holdovers need to consider legacyOct 03, 2015 1:00 am - I'm gonna save about $25 next year because the reform College of DuPage Board of Trustees just cut my COD taxes 5 percent. That's money I don't need so I'll probably don...
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Walker's departure a start for the GOPOct 01, 2015 1:00 am - Hopefully, Scott Walker dropping out of the Republican presidential campaign is a sign that his brand of KochBrothers-backed, right-wing conservatism is on the wane. H...
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Hillary explanations are implausibleOct 01, 2015 12:00 am - Hillary Clinton and her campaign team have put forth a snowstorm of half-truths and untruths about her use of a private server to communicate and receive government-clas...
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Don't fall in love with one applicantOct 01, 2015 12:00 am - Don't fall in love with one applicant When hiring an administrator, public bodies like the College of DuPage need to keep in mind that, by definition, there can be ...