DuPage County Opinion
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Medical marijuana a step backwardMay 17, 2013 4:08 pm - On April 17, the Illinois House passed HB 1, often referred to as “medical marijuana” legislation, 61-57. On Friday, the state Senate followed suit with a 35-21 vote, an...
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Drastic changes needed to save stateMay 17, 2013 5:00 am - The State is bust, morally and financially. The best solution to the pension problem is to 1) switch to all charter schools, 2) get rid of public teachers and 3) break t...
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System has too many inconsistenciesMay 17, 2013 5:00 am - I believe reporters in general are not asking all of the right questions. First, why are some groups of people such as teachers and police allowed to opt out of the Soci...
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Make Speaker Madigan more accountableMay 17, 2013 5:00 am - I am writing this letter due to my concern about pension reform as proposed by Michael Madigan and passed by the Illinois House, coupled with Mr. Madigan’s continued pus...
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State pensioners are the victimsMay 17, 2013 4:40 am - State pensioners are the victims One wonders why our legislators and the Daily Herald do not focus on the initial promise made by the state to the employee when fir...
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Just don’t call pension plans ‘fair’May 17, 2013 4:40 am - Just don’t call pension plans ‘fair’ So, the Illinois House has passed one pension reform bill that “solves” the crisis and the Senate is considering another. The D...
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Plan B pill an important optionMay 16, 2013 5:00 am - This is in response to Kathleen Parker’s column of May 6, “Plan B ruling is an affront to parenting.” Sorry, Parker, but the affront to parenting is not the ruling allow...
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Average wage earner needs definition, tooMay 16, 2013 4:40 am - Average wage earner needs definition, too In a recent letter (Depends on your definition of “rich,” May 11), the writer claims to be “an average American paying abo...
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Benghazi will just impede Clinton’s runMay 16, 2013 4:40 am - For anyone old enough to remember Watergate, Benghazigate affirms that history repeats itself. The Obama administration’s stonewalling of the American public confirms th...
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No comparison between captivesMay 15, 2013 5:00 am - Really? In Saturday’s Daily Herald, a cartoonist compares the savage brutality the monster in Cleveland imposed on three innocent girls with the treatment America has im...