DuPage County Opinion
-
Switch to rants on topics that matterMay 06, 2012 5:00 am - While the nation roils, far-left gadfly Eugene Robinson continues to saw away on his one-string fiddle. The same old screeching, fingernails on the blackboard rant. The...
-
SCARCE deserves county’s fundingMay 06, 2012 5:00 am - SCARCE (School and Community Assistance for Recycling and Composting Education) has done so many wonderful, educational programs for the Cub Scouts over the years. They...
-
True win-win involves kidsMay 06, 2012 5:00 am - I am writing briefly to answer your question in this past Saturday’s Soapbox, “Win-win for Kane-DuPage:” Kane County says its housing of DuPage County’s juvenile offende...
-
Right hand? Meet left handMay 06, 2012 5:00 am - I was wondering if the staff who wrote the editorial Monday, April 30, entitled “Murphy’s bid to check union influence” were aware that the lead front page story would b...
-
Probe needed of sheriff ride-alongsMay 06, 2012 5:00 am - I’m concerned about reports of DuPage County Sheriff John Zaruba’s 18 year old son, Patrick Zaruba, riding along in sheriff cars on patrol. There’s been a disturbing das...
-
Help protect DuPage forests’ natural areasMay 06, 2012 5:00 am - The Daily Herald recently published a story on an individual’s training routine for the Spartan Death Race. Images showed the person chopping a tree, tossing a boulder a...
-
Failed leadership in Wisconsin governorMay 06, 2012 5:00 am - An April 18 article about Republican Gov. Scott Walker was headlined, “Suburban business leaders impressed with Wisconsin’s governor.” A few positive comments were made ...
-
Benefits of the Dodd-Frank ActMay 06, 2012 5:00 am - I have heard complaints from financial people on Wall Street and many politicians about how difficult it is to comply with the Dodd-Frank Act. As an investor, I am delig...
-
Let voters have a say on school spendingMay 06, 2012 5:00 am - A simple solution to solving outrageous and wasteful school spending in Illinois: If there are any proposed tax increases by school districts the increase must be approv...
-
Whose federal budget ideas do you follow?May 05, 2012 5:00 am - Paul Ryan has stated that his budget was “informed by” the Catholic Church’s “social magisterium” — i.e., its teaching, among other things, “to prevent the poor from sta...