DuPage County Opinion
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Caregivers shouldn't owe union duesMay 31, 2015 11:00 pm - As a care provider for my head-injured son, I receive limited compensation from the state of Illinois, which is used for his financial support. When my son qualified fo...
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Look who really pays for public pensionsMay 31, 2015 11:00 pm - Christine Eggert writes on May 22 not to blame the teachers for the pension problem since she has paid her 9 percent for 30 years. If she averaged $50,000 per year, her ...
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Public, private unions differMay 31, 2015 1:00 am - I would like to highlight a difference between public and private unions. A public union's sole purpose is to collectively bargain for higher wages and benefits and su...
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Rain didn't spoil Wheaton's paradeMay 31, 2015 12:01 am - As I write this letter, I am home drying out after watching the Wheaton Memorial Day Parade. It was just starting to sprinkle when I walked over to city hall, my perch f...
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Dollar comes before health of the worldMay 31, 2015 12:01 am - This response is in regards to Mr. Degner's response to a previous letter's page submission from your May 24 edition. Mr. Degner is concerned about "the climate warming ...
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The Soapbox: Denny Hastert, did we hardly know ye?May 28, 2015 11:00 pm - Denny, we hardly knew ye? The indictment of former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert of Plano has been stunning, to be sure. A native son and for so long a pride ...
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Infrastructure spending could save economyMay 28, 2015 1:00 am - In his book, "Losing Our Way," Bob Herbert said, "Employment is the one absolutely essential binding element of American society. When Americans cannot find jobs at good...
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How's this for 'paranoid style'?May 28, 2015 12:01 am - How's this for 'paranoid style'? Your columnist Gene Lyons mocks and ridicules Republicans such as Sen. Ted Cruz for promoting a conspiracy theory that the U.S. gov...
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Editorial: Local schools, colleges should be controlled locally, not in SpringfieldMay 27, 2015 11:00 pm - Legislators' efforts to meddle in the affairs of local community college districts stalled Friday and for all the right reasons. Liz Brown, of the Illinois Council of Co...
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Separating fact, fiction on climateMay 27, 2015 1:00 am - My comments are in regard to the May 6 letter by Thomas Carras. Mr. Carras asserts that we have experienced "global warming" for "quite a few years." He further states:...