DuPage County Opinion
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Failing at what they should do bestMay 05, 2012 5:00 am - First we learn that the Secret Service hired prostitutes and next we hear they used strippers. It would seem the Secret Service can’t keep a secret. Don Klemp Rolling M...
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Politics creeping into comic stripMay 05, 2012 5:00 am - Politics creeping into comic strip There has been a touch of politics in a few comic strips for years to a certain degree. Most notable is Doonesbury. But most stay...
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The SoapboxMay 05, 2012 5:00 am - Secretive police: For weeks, Des Plaines officials have refused to divulge much about charges brought against two police officers. Now, one of them has filed suit agains...
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Fraud argument weak in voter ID lawsMay 05, 2012 5:00 am - The Daily Herald has recently published a number of Fence Post letters on the subject of voter ID laws. Some have argued they are necessary to protect the integrity of o...
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Jackson Jr. not listening on PeotoneMay 05, 2012 5:00 am - Jackson Jr. not listening on Peotone Why does Jesse Jackson Jr. keep pursuing the idea of a third airport in Peotone since the people there and the airlines do not ...
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Double dipping has to endMay 05, 2012 5:00 am - I, like most of my fellow Illinois citizens, do not begrudge teachers and public employees their well-earned pensions. What I do find appalling is the large amounts affo...
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Tips for reducing Medicaid costsMay 05, 2012 1:00 am - Here are some common sense solutions to reduce the cost of Medicaid: Make emergency rooms for emergencies only, but open to everyone. All others referred to outpatient c...
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Reasons to celebrate national nurses weekMay 05, 2012 1:00 am - National Nurses Week (May 6-12) is celebrated annually to recognize the impact that nurses and nurse educators continue to make in the dynamic field of health care. When...
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Unethical to break pension promisesMay 05, 2012 1:00 am - How simple it is for Jan Shaw to solve the pension crisis. In her recent letter to the editor she indicates that the funding problem can be alleviated by passing a const...
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Time to fire everyone in DuPageMay 05, 2012 1:00 am - I have come to the conclusion, and I would like to think that DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin has also, that there are no county government employees having any ...