DuPage County Opinion
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Cuts will be painful but they're necessaryJul 17, 2015 1:00 am - We hear a lot about Gov. Rauner on TV, radio and in the press being blamed for the budget impasse in Springfield, how he hates poor people and so forth. The shadow gover...
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Obama not so lame after allJul 17, 2015 1:00 am - Considering the recent successes by the Obama administration, it seems as if President Obama is redefining the term "lame duck." Keep it going, Mr. President. Carol Hone...
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Medical hopes rise with Cuba cooperationJul 17, 2015 1:00 am - Now that President Obama has taken an unprecedented step to remove the half-century isolation of Cuba, we may finally see long delayed benefits for both countries. For d...
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COD agreement is just 'cleanup'Jul 17, 2015 1:00 am - Regarding your July 12 story titled "COD faculty will drop grievances to get raises for 5 professors," your reporter missed the two most important points. The current bo...
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Make boards accountable for pension abusesJul 17, 2015 1:00 am - With regard to the Illinois Association of Park Districts' pension abuse case, what do we as taxpayers have to do to stop this madness in the public sector? Is blatant ...
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Contradictions on urban violenceJul 17, 2015 1:00 am - If black lives matter, why are Al Sharpton and others like him not protesting the violence in Chicago? Apparently, black people killing black people is not a worthy caus...
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Parenting secret to race 'privilege'Jul 16, 2015 1:00 am - When President Obama was elected president I expected our country to keep growing for the better in race relations. We have come a long way and now an African American w...
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Loophole supreme court can live withJul 15, 2015 1:00 am - Marriage equality as defined by the Supreme Court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision could end inheritance taxes and also worsen economic inequality. Case in point: A rich ...
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Editorial: Schaumburg's proposed drone law appropriately restrainedJul 14, 2015 11:00 pm - What's the biggest risk from the kinds of remote-controlled civilian drones that increasingly dot the suburban airspace? That they'll peer in your window, invading your ...
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County can keep improving without harmful sales taxJul 14, 2015 1:00 am - We've had this debate before, and my opinion hasn't changed since our last go-round under Todd Stroger with raising the sales tax on the hardworking taxpayers of Cook Co...