DuPage County Opinion
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‘Would-chopping’ would help us allSep 18, 2012 4:05 am - ‘Would-chopping’ would help us all I recommend would-chopping as a healthy exercise for many public speakers. Eliminating would or want when expressing gratitude im...
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Lombard at loggerheads on landing a leaderSep 17, 2012 8:00 am - I give you the opening quote to staff writer Marie Wilson’s story about the Lombard village board’s inability to select an interim leader to fill out the remainder of Vi...
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Glacial pace of Quentin Road work just not acceptableSep 17, 2012 5:00 am - Many of you probably are just as frustrated as I am about the lethargic construction of Quentin Road in Palatine (I think Rome was built quicker). I inquired about the t...
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No taxation without representation in EGSep 17, 2012 5:00 am - A previous vote by the Elk Grove Village Library Trustees reflect that the taxpayer is best represented by providing full library services to some 12,000 non-taxpayers r...
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Mathias position on pensions needs inkSep 17, 2012 5:00 am - I am really disappointed in your coverage of this town hall meeting with Mathias/Braiman/Stolman Aug. 13. The article you released mentioned very little about Representa...
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Westlund-Deenihan not running in 2013Sep 17, 2012 5:00 am - It has been an honor to serve as trustee for Hanover Township. While this wasn’t an easy decision, I have decided not to seek re-election in 2013. I’ve done my best to ...
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Grateful for GOP ‘intransigence’Sep 16, 2012 4:19 am - Grateful for GOP ‘intransigence’ This is in response to your editorial of Aug. 30. You say that the electorate is “beaten down” by “the partisan lockjaw” and “the d...
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One who eschews special interestsSep 16, 2012 4:19 am - One who eschews special interests Leslie Coolidge is challenging Peter Roskam this November for his seat in the 6th Illinois Congressional District. A retired partn...
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Romney, Roskam understand debtSep 15, 2012 4:03 am - During the recent Olympics, President Obama presented a campaign ad asserting that he wanted to increase taxes on the top 1 percent of Americans in order to help pay dow...
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Seek those mindful of the little guySep 14, 2012 5:00 am - How can the Second Greatest Commandment be anything but a joke in a world built around the insular automobile, air-conditioned homes and the garage door opener? How can ...