DuPage County Opinion
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Kudos to South Elgin High crewNov 18, 2011 4:00 am - I wanted to express thanks for how the staff at South Elgin High School handled the recent lockdown. I had the rare opportunity to experience the lockdown on the inside....
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Get facts straight on abortion fundingNov 18, 2011 4:00 am - This letter is in response to multiple entries in Fence Post that have caught my attention. There continues to be hyperbole rooted in ignorance. I think it is dangerous ...
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‘Community survey’ led to harassmentNov 17, 2011 4:00 am - I would like to reply to Nancy Diehl’s letter of Oct. 19. My neighbor received a packet titled “The American Community Survey” with a return address of the U.S. Census B...
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Bring back incentive for innovationNov 17, 2011 4:00 am - Politicians, quit adding more and more “fees” to replace taxes — we know what you’re doing. There is a thirst now for simplification in the way that government finances ...
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School is more than just its test scoresNov 17, 2011 4:00 am - I am writing in regard to the article titled “Educators want break from federal goals” in the Oct. 31 Daily Herald. It is absolutely mind-boggling that 80 percent of Il...
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Sad commentary: Sticker removedNov 17, 2011 4:00 am - I recently mentioned to my son that I noticed a campaign sticker on my car had been partially torn off. He asked, “Who would do that?” Later, while visiting a friend at ...
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Union push doesn’t represent majorityNov 17, 2011 4:00 am - Never before have I witnessed the strength of the unions as shown by Ohio’s vote on Senate Bill 5 on Nov. 8. The strength was garnered from the massive influx of union m...
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Listen to people; shrink governmentNov 17, 2011 4:00 am - In the 2010 elections, we as individuals set out and voted for the people we felt would help turn things around in this country. It turned out that many of the people we...
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Teachers might not know of obligationsNov 17, 2011 4:00 am - A number of years ago I was working as a physics teacher in an inner-city high school of Chicago. I suspected child abuse by a faculty member, but only suspected this wi...
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A challenge to Lauzen and BurnsNov 16, 2011 3:00 am - Chris Lauzen labels Geneva Mayor Kevin Burns a spendthrift for increasing the Geneva tax levy — the total property taxes billed to Geneva property owners — by 46 percent...