DuPage County Opinion
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Near-empty buses wasting our moneyMay 16, 2012 5:00 am - I must comment on the quote by Paula Wolff, Illinois State Toll Highway Authority Chair, in the article by Marni Pyke on April 24. She said, “People have concerns about ...
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Obama kept us out of depressionMay 16, 2012 4:40 am - Are we better off than we were four years ago? Yes, we most certainly are. It is easy to forget that four years ago, the most respected U.S. economists and financial lea...
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We need more statesmenMay 16, 2012 4:40 am - Thomas Jefferson understood it best more than 200 years ago: “I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest danger to be fe...
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Reduce pension for system gamersMay 16, 2012 4:40 am - Laws may not have been violated by those who have enhanced their pensions through circumventing the intent of pension regulations. However, it appears to me that those s...
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A great idea whose time has comeMay 16, 2012 1:00 am - Dr. Arthur Siml for president ... of something. His “Tips For reducing Medicaid costs” letter of May 4. is near genius. It is smart and so simple, I am sure it will be i...
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Restore drug prevention fundingMay 16, 2012 1:00 am - Gov. Pat Quinn proposed a budget for next year that will eliminate drug prevention services for nearly 35,000 Illinois youth, but lawmakers need to restore this money. Q...
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Gender is more than just what we thinkMay 15, 2012 11:36 am - Since when has the obvious not been obvious anymore? Recently, we have seen in the news and in popular culture the notion that gender is somehow decided by individuals b...
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Letter writer hit the mark on churchMay 15, 2012 11:36 am - Just writing to say I agree totally with remarks in an April 17 letter regarding the Catholic Church and its rules and laws and authority of pope regarding faith and mor...
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The more things change . . .May 15, 2012 11:36 am - Indianapolis had the Super Bowl, where everyone had a great time and the city made $155 million. Chicago will have the NATO summit, where we get to watch riots, deal wit...
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Just how did this pension mess happen?May 15, 2012 11:36 am - We’ve been reading in all the newspapers about the pension mess in Springfield, the exorbitant penalties being absorbed by the suburban taxpayers because of padding admi...