DuPage County Opinion
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What did lawmakers put in teacher fund?Dec 21, 2013 3:40 am - Did the teachers pension fund enter into a retirement system with an enforceable contractual relationship as stated in our constitution? The answer is no because the leg...
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Reform pensions, but leave retirees aloneDec 20, 2013 4:00 am - The recently passed “pension reform” bill contains a number of curiosities with respect to its harsh treatment of retirees. First, one cannot find an offsetting benefit ...
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Stop funding programs in other nationsDec 19, 2013 4:00 am - I think I must be losing my mind. We are giving billions of dollars to Egypt and they are building their space program. We are cutting back on all kinds of projects in t...
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Protect yourself from house ‘thefts’Dec 19, 2013 4:00 am - The holiday season is a festive time of year when friends and family gather. But the holidays are also a prime time for fraudsters to take advantage of their unsuspectin...
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Stop protecting Wall Street ‘captains’Dec 19, 2013 4:00 am - Whatever happened to expression, “The captain goes down with the ship”? Has this ancient maritime concept and tradition that “a sea captain that holds ultimate responsib...
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Take control of block partiesDec 19, 2013 3:40 am - Take control of block parties Two months ago, our daughter and a friend were driving in Glen Ellyn to visit another friend, unaware that they were approaching a gro...
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Raising minimum wage has a ripple effectDec 18, 2013 4:00 am - This is in response to Ron Flowers on his Dec. 9 comments about raising minimum wages. He stated the McDonald’s CEO has a multimillion-dollar salary, and therefore McDon...
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Tea Party position on unemployment half-bakedDec 17, 2013 4:00 am - Sen. Rand Paul, a Tea Party Favorite, said he supports 26 weeks of unemployment insurance but not more because extending the benefits would be an injustice to the longti...
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Tell post office of holiday ‘oversight’Dec 17, 2013 3:00 am - Tell post office of holiday ‘oversight’ Did anyone else notice what was missing on the “holiday stamps” posters displayed in the post office this year? There was a ...
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Moylan vote ‘on the right side of history’Dec 16, 2013 4:00 am - I am writing as a constituent of the 55th District. I would like to express my sincere thanks to Rep. Marty Moylan for casting his vote in favor of marriage equality dur...