DuPage County Opinion
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Reflect on value of Labor DaySep 01, 2012 5:00 am - Labor Day traditionally marks the end of the summer. It’s a good day to reflect on the value and dignity of work, no matter what kind of job a person performs, and remem...
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Public employees get the better dealSep 01, 2012 5:00 am - It is with saddened heart that I read Don Rowley’s response to my letter of July 6. The letter was not meant as a reprove or denigration of teachers and/or their accompl...
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Put people to work cleaning public areasSep 01, 2012 5:00 am - I was a standby juror at the Cook County circuit court in Rolling Meadows on Aug. 13. The experience gave me a good feeling. Everyone connected with the Jury Assembly Ar...
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Trying picking up your own trashAug 31, 2012 4:52 am - Trying picking up your own trash In writing this letter, I may be upsetting the apple cart. But many other people in West Chicago have, in effect, turned the garbag...
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Public pension end should be on tableAug 31, 2012 4:52 am - Public pension end should be on table We shouldn’t be discussing public pension reform. We should be discussing public pension elimination. We should pay public emp...
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One giant leap for humankind?Aug 31, 2012 4:52 am - One giant leap for humankind? Neil Armstrong indeed was famous for being the first person to set foot on the moon. But a lady friend of mine who is an ardent femini...
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Beware the ‘progressives’Aug 31, 2012 4:40 am - I’m a product of the Great Depression, and I remember how popular the Communist Party was in America. I remember going to see one of their parades in Chicago and I also ...
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Roskam’s plan to get debt under controlAug 31, 2012 4:40 am - I am writing today to express my support for Congressman Peter Roskam, who is running in the 6th District. Our federal government is facing a fiscal crisis. Annual trill...
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Letter on helmet-wearing was sillyAug 30, 2012 4:01 am - Letter on helmet-wearing was silly While I’m glad to hear that Mark Schrader (Fence Post, Aug. 15) has the common sense to wear a helmet when riding his motorcycle,...
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Going to Mass might be better sentenceAug 30, 2012 4:01 am - Going to Mass might be better sentence I applaud Russian authorities for convicting “Pussy Riot” — the very name suggesting sex and violence — of committing a hate ...