DuPage County Opinion
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Editorial: Hiring best local leaders may mean dropping residency requirementsJun 20, 2013 5:00 am - This week, Des Plaines lifted the brick on its seven department heads, telling them they no longer have to live in Des Plaines in order to work for the city. In doing so...
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U-46 grade policy will cheat childrenJun 19, 2013 5:00 am - The recent proposed changes to the U-46 school grading system should make parents and teachers shudder. As proposed, 50 percent of the work, attendance and effort is a p...
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Big brother is not on pay phonesJun 18, 2013 4:40 am - Big brother is not on pay phones Why did the government opt to spend tens of millions on free cellphones? Because they can be tracked. Pay phones at one time were e...
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O’Hare ‘engine’ needs overhaulJun 18, 2013 4:40 am - O’Hare ‘engine’ needs overhaul Hundreds of homes and businesses in my town and neighboring Elk Grove Village were demolished to make way for the much ballyhooed exp...
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Disappointed in lack of Flag Day coverageJun 18, 2013 4:40 am - Disappointed in lack of Flag Day coverage I am very disappointed that your newspaper had absolutely nothing referring to Flag Day on June 14. Perhaps the public wou...
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Editorial: A model for streamlining governmentJun 17, 2013 1:00 pm - Can merging or eliminating a measly 13 localized government bodies in DuPage County lead to more efficient government across the state of Illinois? State Sen. Tom Culler...
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Too much regulation causes high gas pricesJun 17, 2013 5:00 am - Gas prices have risen to near $5 a gallon. It appears that the Al Gores of the world may get their wish by making gas prices so expensive that renewable energy begins to...
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Obama uses IRS as it suits himJun 17, 2013 4:40 am - Obama uses IRS as it suits him Well now that we all know the government is collecting data on people across the nation, the left seems to want to argue that the Bus...
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Time for a clean sweep in legislatureJun 16, 2013 5:00 am - I hope I am not the only person in Illinois who finds it appalling that Illinois Democrats are strongly discussing a change to the Constitution that would allow for a gr...
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Glenbard program truly a treasureJun 16, 2013 4:40 am - Glenbard program truly a treasure Recently my wife and I had the pleasure of listening to highly sought after speaker, Stanford University’s Dr. Carol Dweck, talk a...